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 [https://www.mercurial-scm.org Mercurial] (sometimes referred to as {{codeline|hg}}) is the source code management system used for Octave development.
-== Contributing to Octave ==
-The preferred method to contribute to Octave is with Mercurial changesets.
-Other forms of contributions (e.g., simple diff patches) are
-also acceptable, but they slow down the review process.
-If you plan on contributing to Octave:
-* See other [[Contribution guidelines]]
-* 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.
 == Creating and submitting patches (changesets) ==
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 # 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>
-# Make your changes (fix the bug) and save them.
+# Make your changes (fix bug #42424) and save them.<br>{{Warning|Please follow the [[Contribution guidelines]] for C/C++ or Octave code files!}}
 # Commit your changes <pre>hg commit</pre> Mercurial will open your default editor and ask you for a commit message.  Please follow the [[commit message guidelines]], e.g. <syntaxhighlight lang="text">help.m: Display relevant topics first (bug #42424)