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Rename default branch in TortoiseHG

Is it possible to rename 'default' to 'production' in TortoiseHG?

Solution

  • You cannot do it directly from the Tortoise2.0+ settings, but through the command-line hg.
    As documented in hgbook:

    Mercurial lets you assign a persistent name to a branch.
    There always exists a branch named default. Even before you start naming branches yourself, you can find traces of the default branch if you look for them.

    To start working with named branches, use the hg branches command

    $ hg branch production
marked working directory as branch production
$ hg branch
production

    Check then if that change is reflected in TortoiseHg