[Python-checkins] devguide: Update wording for hg
antoine.pitrou
python-checkins at python.org
Sun Feb 6 20:32:55 CET 2011
antoine.pitrou pushed 754fc2536b09 to devguide:
http://hg.python.org/devguide/rev/754fc2536b09
changeset: 260:754fc2536b09
branch: hg_transition
tag: tip
user: Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net>
date: Sun Feb 06 20:32:44 2011 +0100
summary:
Update wording for hg
files:
faq.rst
diff --git a/faq.rst b/faq.rst
--- a/faq.rst
+++ b/faq.rst
@@ -450,11 +450,16 @@
.. _Pageant: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
-Can I make check-ins from machines other than the one I generated the keys on?
+
+Can I make commits from machines other than the one I generated the keys on?
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Yes, all you need is to make sure that the machine you want to check
-in code from has both the public and private keys in the standard
+You can :ref:`make commits <hg-commit>` from any machine, since they will be
+recorded in your *local repository*.
+
+However, to push these changes to the remote server, you will need proper
+credentials. All you need is to make sure that the machine you want to
+push changes from has both the public and private keys in the standard
place that ssh will look for them (i.e. ~/.ssh on Unix machines).
Please note that although the key file ending in .pub contains your
user name and machine name in it, that information is not used by the
--
Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/devguide
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