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Browser
  Signup for a FREE http://bitbucket.org/plans/ account.
  Download http://mercurial.selenic.com/downloads/
  Select either Windows 32 (21.2MB) or 64 (21.4MB) bit versions
  Download Windows msi installation file
  Install TortoiseHG

Windows Explorer
  Create a CodeIgniter directory in your LOCALHOST SERVER DIRECTORY (LSD) eg ‘/www/CI_2_0’
  Navigate to your LSD
  Right-click within the LSD
  Select TortoisHG/Create Directory Here   // (should create a .hg directory and a .hgigninre files, etc)
  Select Commit/Username and enter your username.
  Close

Windows Explorer
  Right-click on your LSD
  Select HG Repository Explorer
  Paste this link: http://bitbucket.org/ellislab/codeigniter/
  Select the top left-hand side green down arrow icon - Pull Incoming Changesets
  // The files should now download into your LSD

Browser
  Browse to your LSD
  Should bring up the “Welcome to CodeIgniter!”

Your TortoiseHG should now be setup for your incremental Updates
 
 
 
N.B. Please take notes to ensure these instructions are correct and post any discrepancies.
 
 
 
 

wow, maybe this will be easy(needs to download Mercurial):

hg clone <a href="https://[email protected]/ellislab/codeigniter/">https://[email protected]/ellislab/codeigniter/</a>

Update

After Mercurial is downloaded and installed I created a good old batch file, located in the LSD directory and with a link on my desktop.

The incremental download now works with just one click to the link:

// pull.bat
    @hg
    @echo .
    @echo .
    @hg pull <a href="http://bitbucket.org/ellislab/codeigniter/">http://bitbucket.org/ellislab/codeigniter/</a>
    @echo .
    @echo .
    @hg pull <a href="https://[email protected]/ellislab/codeigniter/">https://[email protected]/ellislab/codeigniter/</a>
    @echo .
    @echo .
    @hg update
    @echo .
    @echo .
    
    @rem @hg status
    @echo .
    @echo .
    @rem @hg summary
    @echo .
    @echo .
    @rem @hg log
    @echo .
    @echo .
    @rem @hg paths
    @echo .
    @echo .
    @rem @hg parent
    @echo .
    @echo .
    @pause

 
 
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edit: added screen dump

My installation and downloading of the files was quite different than your instructions. I should have probably written down what I was doing as I fumbled my way through, but without your post I would have never figured it out (unless I read the whole TortoiseHg documentation). My main issue was that the files were not downloading, and I finally went to TortoiseHg > Update, selected “default”, and the files downloaded instantly.

Is there a simple way of reading the user guide? I honestly don’t have time with the mercurial stuff :<

Is there a simple way of reading the user guide? I honestly don’t have time with the mercurial stuff :<

As I understand, if you go to http://bitbucket.org/ellislab/codeigniter/, then on the right side of the menu area you see a link that says “get source”. Choose your flavor, and you will download the most current development version of CI, now 2.0. That said, while there seems to be a bunch of changes made when compared to 1.72, I don’t think you will understand what those changes are unless you view the “shortlog” or “changesets”. I didn’t really see anything that would be considered a new feature.

EDIT START

Actually… After reading http://philsturgeon.co.uk/news/2010/03/codeigniter-2, I realized that I did see some changes as I looked through.
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While they probably have enough to do already, I think it would be great if somebody could put together a video about using Bitbucket / Mecurial / TortoiseHg specifically for CI users. I’d do it myself, but haven’t a clue about making something like this. Maybe nettuts+ would be so kind.

Silly Windows users… 😉

Silly Windows users… 😉

If there is a LIKE button I will click it for this comment 😊