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If you found something you'd like to fix or improve, check out the [https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=octave bug tracker]. It might have already been fixed in the development or (unreleased) stable version.
If you found something you'd like to fix or improve, check out the [https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=octave bug tracker]. It might have already been fixed in the development or (unreleased) stable version.


Octave is version controlled in a [[Mercurial]] repository. There are several Mercurial clients for Windows. One that nicely integrates with the Windows Explorer and that offers an easy to learn user interface is [https://tortoisehg.bitbucket.io/download/index.html TortoiseHg].
Octave is version controlled in a [[Mercurial]] repository at [https://www.octave.org/hg/octave https://www.octave.org/hg/octave].
 
There are several Mercurial clients for Windows. One that nicely integrates with the Windows Explorer and that offers an easy to learn user interface is [https://tortoisehg.bitbucket.io/download/index.html TortoiseHg].
It is also quite easy to create Mercurial patches with that software. Those are the preferred way of contributing to Octave.
It is also quite easy to create Mercurial patches with that software. Those are the preferred way of contributing to Octave.


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