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Overhaul Creating changesets (patches) section.

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 * Always include commit messages in changesets.  Please follow the Octave [[commit message guidelines]]
 * Follow the style guides for both [[Octave style guide|Octave]] and [[C++ style guide|C++]] languages.
-== Getting the development sources ==
-To clone the Octave repository:
- hg clone http://www.octave.org/hg/octave octave
-Octave packages like image, signal, control, etc. are not parts of Octave
-itself, they belong to the Octave Forge.  Each package has its own
-repository, a list of which can be found
-[http://sourceforge.net/p/octave/_list/hg?source=navbar here].
-You can clone them in a similar way, for example, to clone the signal package
- hg clone http://hg.code.sf.net/p/octave/signal octave-signal
 == Submitting patches ==
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 === Creating changesets (patches) ===
-* Update to the latest revision.
+# Get the latest revision of Octave (or some Octave package) <pre>hg clone https://www.octave.org/hg/octave</pre> or when already cloned <pre>hg pull && hg update</pre>
-<pre> hg up </pre>
+# Make your changes (fix the bug) and save them.
-* Make your changes and save them.
+# Commit your changes. Mercurial will ask you for a commit message, which should follow the [[commit message guidelines]] <pre>hg commit</pre>
-* Commit your code. Mercurial will ask you for a commit message, which should follow the [[commit message guidelines]].
+# Export the changes. This creates a file (in the case of the example below, it is called mypatch.patch) that contains a description of the changes that you've made. Someone else can then apply the patch and end up with a repository that looks the same as yours.
-<pre> hg ci </pre>
-* Export the modifications. This creates a file (in the case of the example below, it is called mypatch.patch) that contains a description of the changes that you've made. Someone else can then apply the patch and end up with a repository that looks the same as yours.
 <pre> hg export -r tip -o mypatch.patch </pre>
 * Save the output to a file and upload it to the patch tracker. If your patch file is larger than the upload limit, you can compress it before uploading. Please use a free format!