Commiting to BitBucket with a GUI-based tool

Question

I follow the steps below: http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/BITBUCKET/Set+up+Git+and+Mercurial?utm_source=internal&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=blank_repo

and created the Mercurial repository, and also installed TurtoiseHG ... but still, when the tutorial goes to the section on how to add code to this repo from our local computer, it does it using the command line, and those unix like commands that always call me out of my sight :) So, there is no GUI tool like the one we have for TurtoiseSVN, just right-clicking on the working copy and the boom! to commit.

Answer 1

There are even instructions for TortoiseHG in the official Bitbucket quiz, three pages after the link you posted.

Check this:
Run repo, compare code and create Pull request

Yes, the page is about deploying storage, primarily using the Bitbucket web interface.
But as soon as you fork out the repository, the steps to get it on your computer, change it, and return to the server are exactly the same.

These two steps in the link above describe the exact workflow, including screenshots of TortoiseHG:

• Step 2. Cloning the fork
• Step 3. Make changes to the repository source.

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You can also read the TortoiseHg Quick Start Guide in the official TortoiseHG documentation.
( Step 4.8 “Retrieving from the group repository” describes cloning.)

Answer 2

I suggest checking out the TortoiseHG documentation . You can definitely do this from the GUI.

If you are switching from non-DVCS, such as SVN, keep in mind that you have a two-step commit process with these tools (COMMIT / PUSH) before the code is sent to BitBucket. The first step (COMMIT) simply pushes it to the local copy of the repository.

If you're not comfortable using command line syntax, TortoiseHG Workbench will be your best friend.

Answer 3

looking for a walkthrough: it looks good:

http://geographika.co.uk/a-10-minute-intro-on-using-bitbucket-with-windows