TortoiseHg is a set of graphical tools and a shell extension for the Mercurial distributed revision control system.
TortoiseHg is primarily written in Python and PyGtk (the Windows shell extension being the notable exception). The hgtk script and TortoiseHg dialogs can be used on any platform that supports PyGtk, including Mac OS X.
TortoiseHg comes with an easy to use installer. Double click on the installer file and follow the instructions. The installer will take care of the rest.
After installation a reboot is necessary.
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If you have an older (<0.8) version already installed, the installer will ask that you to remove the previous version of TortoiseHg. The uninstall can be initiated from the control panel or the start menu.
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If you have 0.8 or later already installed, the installer will close the ThgTaskbar application when it begins copying files.
The TortoiseHg user interface has been translated into many languages. Language packs are not required since all available languages are installed. Look in C:\Program Files\TortoiseHg\locale for the available languages. To enable a language just set the environment variable LANGUAGE to the desidered language, e.g. for italian set LANGUAGE=it.
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After setting LANGUAGE, if standard GUI elements like OK and Apply still appear in English, it means the TortoiseHg installer did not include translations of GTK+ for your locale. This usually means the translation of TortoiseHg for your locale was incomplete at release time.
The Windows shell extension context menus get their translations from the Windows registry. Translations for many locales were installed under C:\Program Files\TortoiseHg\cmenu_i18n. Select the locale you would like to use, double-click on it, and confirm all requests.