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 .. module:: introduction   :synopsis: Introduce TortoiseHg and its various parts   -TortoiseHg is... +TortoiseHg is a set of graphical tools and a shell extension for the +`Mercurial <http://www.selenic.com/mercurial>`_ distributed revision control +system. + +On Windows, + TortoiseHg consists of a shell extension, which provides overlay + icons and context menus in your file explorer, and a command line + program named hgtk.exe which can launch the TortoiseHg tools. + Binary packages of TortoiseHg for Windows come with Mercurial and a + merge tool and are thus completely ready for use "Out of the Box". + +On Linux, + TortoiseHg consists of a command line hgtk script, and a Nautilus + extension which provides overlays and context menus in your file + explorer. + +TortoiseHg is primarily written in Python and PyGtk (the Windows shell +extension being a noticeable exception). The hgtk script can be used +on any platform that supports PyGtk, including Mac OS X.