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								<div class="navheader"><h1 class="booktitle">Mercurial: The Definitive Guide<div class="authors">by Bryan O'Sullivan</div></h1></div>


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								  <h2>Welcome to Mercurial: The Definitive Guide</h2>


								  <p>This is the online home of the book &#8220;Mercurial: The

								    Definitive Guide&#8221;.

								    It was published in 2009 by O'Reilly Media.</p>


								  <p><a href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial">Mercurial</a> is a

								    fast, lightweight source control management system

								    designed for easy and efficient handling of very large distributed

								    projects.  My book tells you what it is, why you should care, and

								    how you can use it effectively.</p>


								  <h2>Read it online</h2>


								  <p>I make the content freely available online: you

								    can <a href="/read/"><i>read it here</i></a>.  If you like it,

								    please <a href="#buy">buy a copy</a>!</p>


								  <p>For news updates, please

								    visit <a href="http://www.serpentine.com/blog/">my blog</a>.  You

								    should follow me on

								    Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/bos31337">here</a>.</p>


								  <h2><a name="#buy">How</a> to buy</h2>


								  <p>If you like the book, please support the work of the Software

								    Freedom Conservancy (<a href="#sfc">see below</a>) by buying a

								    copy.</p>


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								    <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596800673?ie=UTF8&tag=reaworhas-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0596800673">Amazon.com</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=reaworhas-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0596800673" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li>

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								  <h2>You should contribute!</h2>


								  <p>I publish the source code for this book

								    as <a href="http://bitbucket.org/bos/hgbook">a

								      Mercurial repository</a>.  Please feel

								    welcome to clone it, make modifications to your copy, and send me

								    changes.  Getting a copy of the source takes just a few seconds if

								    you have Mercurial installed:</p>


								  <pre class="screen">hg clone http://bitbucket.org/bos/hgbook</pre>


								  <p>The online version of the book includes a comment system

								    that you can use to send feedback involving errors, omissions, and

								    suggestions.</p>


								  <p>(If you would like to adapt the comment system for a

								    publishing project of your own, the source for the web application

								    is included with the book source at the link above.)</p>


								  <h2><a name="sfc">How</a> I help Mercurial and free software, and

								    you can too</h2>


								  <p>Mercurial is a member of the <a href="http://conservancy.softwarefreedom.org/">Software Freedom Conservancy</a>, a

								    wonderful non-profit organisation that offers its member projects

								    legal and administrative advice.</p>


								  <p>I donate my royalties from the sales of this book to the

								    Software Freedom Conservancy, and I encourage you to support their

								    work, too.</p>


								  <p>The SFC can

								    accept <a href="http://conservancy.softwarefreedom.org/?donate">accept

								    donations</a> (tax-free under IRS 501(c)(3), within the United

								    States) on behalf of its member projects. If you would like to

								    support Mercurial directly, please consider making a donation to

								    the SFC on its behalf.</p>


								  <p>If you would like to help free software developers to provide

								    their important public services without being impeded by legal

								    issues, please consider donating to the SFC's sister organisation,

								    the <a href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org/">Software Freedom Law

								    Center</a>.</p>

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