diff README @ 258:4ab27ddbae51

Updated readme a little bit for the new UI.
author Augie Fackler <durin42@gmail.com>
date Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:41:33 -0500
parents 246ca614f04e
children 4a327bfc69c6
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@@ -42,18 +42,20 @@ Basic Use
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 Get a new clone of an svn server::
 
- $ hg svnclone <svn URI> [destination]
+ $ hg clone <svn URI> [destination]
 
 Real example::
 
- $ hg svnclone http://python-nose.googlecode.com/svn nose-hg
+ $ hg clone svn+http://python-nose.googlecode.com/svn nose-hg
 
 Note, you should pull from the root subversion directory, not specific
-folders (such as trunk).
+folders (such as trunk). Also, you only need to modify http:// urls as shown.
+This is a side effect of Mercurial and Subversion both claiming the http
+protocol, so svn+http is used to work around that.
 
 Pull new revisions into an already-converted repo::
 
- $ hg svn pull
+ $ hg pull
 
 For more information, see ``hg help svn`` while in a converted repo.