Who should read this article:
Do you work with visual studio & Tortoise HG?
Is it tedious switching between VS & Mercurial HG ?
Would you like to manage your Mercurial Source Control files directly from visual studio ?
Here is the answer : Use Mercurial Toolbar v2 !
You can do following actions directly from the toolbar:
- Commit : Commit changes : Opens Commit Window
- Log : Browse the repository : Opens Workbench
- Revert : Revert Changes : Opens revert windows with list of all modified files
- Sync: Synchronize Changes : Opens Sync window
- Update : Opens Update window
To install this window in visual studio, do following:
à Visual Studio à Tools à Extension Manager à Online Gallery à Search "Mercurial Toolbar V2" à Download / Install
MTv2 à Restart VS
//You will have one
new toolbar available in the toolbar menu - make sure you select it
// additionally use the add remove button of toolbar, find customize, select the toolbar button and you can choose to show the image & text of button .
See this in action
click on this link to to see a video to install / configure the Mercurial toolbar .
See this in action
click on this link to to see a video to install / configure the Mercurial toolbar .
Hope this helps , Happy Coding !
-Baljeetsingh
Baljeetsingh Sucharia
Founder & Chief AI Strategist at Sucharia Strategic Solutions. Ex-Microsoft Software Architect who constructs custom AI workflows and bespoke software for growing businesses.