[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

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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/devguide


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