Selective commit

• git commit --patch [-p]
• bzr shelve && bzr commit; bzr unshelve # Select changes not to commit for shelve
• hg record

Amend commit

• git commit --amend
• bzr uncommit && bzr commit # Log entry etc are lost; using gcommit or qcommit will populate the old log entry

Author

• Git: name <email>; email must not be blank
• Bazaar: name <email>. Uses some sort of check of formatting of email, otherwise it is just treated as part of name.
• Mercurial: ~/.hgrc: [ui]: username = . . .

Remote repositories

• Git: SSH: USER@HOST:PATH or “ssh:” URL protocol
• Bazaar: “bzr+ssh:” URL protocol
• Mercurial: “ssh:” URL protocol

Clone remote repository

• git clone [-o origin] USER@HOST:PATH
• bzr branch [--standalone] bzr+ssh://USER@HOST/~/PATH

Import remote changes

• git fetch REPOSITORY --all | SOURCE-REVISION:LOCAL-BRANCH
• hg pull URL

GUI

• gitk --all HEAD -n10000
• bzr qlog
• bzr visualise
• Tortoise Hg (QT)
• hg view # Requires enabling hgk extension
• hgview # QT