How to install Mercurial on a Mac

1. Visit http://mercurial.berkwood.com/ and download the appropriate package for your operating system (Tiger or Leopard). Make sure you grab one of the "release version" packages.
2. Take special care to note any special instructions. For Leopard, the install should be straight forward, Tiger requires some special instructions which are listed on the above website.
3. Make sure everything worked by typing hg debuginstall.
4. Edit .hgrc in your home folder (using $EDITOR):

   [ui]
   username = Adiumy <theduck@adiumx.com>
   
   [extensions]
   record=
   

Note: You should probably be using the latest stable version, because it's...well, stable.

Cloning the Adium repository

This process will result in a Mercurial repository named “adium” in your home folder, containing the master source code of Adium.

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If you plan to use hg for things other than Adium, you may specify another email address in $HOME/.hgrc, and specify your Adium email address (if you have one—and no, we're not giving them out) in adium/.hg/hgrc.