Mercurial 0.8

Mercurial 0.8.1 (2006-04-07)

Released 2006-04-07.

• New extensions:

  • mq (manage a queue of patches, like quilt only better)

  • email (send changes as series of email patches)

• New command: merge (replaces update -m)

• Improved commands:

  • log (--limit option added)

  • pull and push (-r works on specific revisions)

  • revert (rewritten, much better)

• Comprehensive hook support

• Output templating added, supporting e.g. GNU changelog style

• Windows, Mac OS X: prebuilt binary packages, better support

• Many reliability, performance, and memory usage improvements

Mercurial 0.8

Major changes from 0.7 to 0.8:

 faster status, diff, and commit
 reduced memory usage for push and pull
 improved extension API
 new bisect, gpg, hgk, and win32text extensions
 short URLs, binary file handling, and optional gitweb skin for hgweb
 numerous new command options including log --keyword and pull --rev
 improved hooks and file filtering