Mercurial
Use this page to specify the version control settings to be applied to the directories of your project that are under Mercurial version control.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Path to hg executable | Specify the location of the Mercurial executable file. Enter the path manually, or click the Browse button If you followed the standard installation procedure, the default location is /opt/local/bin or /usr/local/bin for Linux and macOS and /Program Files/TortoiseHG for Windows. It is recommended that you add the path to the Mercurial executable file to the |
| Test | Click this button to verify the path to the Mercurial executable. |
| Execute branch operations on all roots | This option only becomes available if you have a multirooted project, that is there are several Mercurial repositories within a single project. Select this option if you want branch operations (such as |
| Check for incoming and outgoing changesets | Select this option if you want WebStorm to detect incoming and outgoing changes in the background mode. WebStorm will automatically request the server for incoming and outgoing changesets every 5 minutes. |
| Ignore whitespace differences in annotations | Select this option if you want white spaces to be ignored when annotating, and, thus, get more meaningful annotations and cast out senseless ones. |
and select the path in the dialog that opens.