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Asked: 2026-06-12T10:47:37+00:00

I created local hg repository for new project: hg init ; hg addremove ,

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I created local hg repository for new project: hg init ; hg addremove,
then I created empty upstream repo, and pushed first version there: hg push https://remoterepo.

Now, I want to set that https://remoterepo as default upstream, so I can just do hg push/pull without giving it.

I was surprised Google did not give me a straight answer with “set mercurial upstream”, and I didn’t find a direct answer here at SO either. So, for the benefit of all the people using SO as a howto, what’s the right way to do this?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can do that by adding the upstream URL to /project/.hg/hgrc like this: 

    [paths]
default = ssh://test@bitbucket.com/repos/something
upstream = ssh://test@bitbucket.com/repos/something_else

    and now upstream is an alias for repo something_else which you can then pull from or push to:

    hg pull upstream
hg push upstream

    Reference

    hg help urls:

    URLs can all be stored in your
    configuration file with path aliases
    under the [paths] section like so:

      [paths]
  alias1 = URL1
  alias2 = URL2
  ...

    You can then use the alias for any
    command that uses a URL (for example
    hg pull alias1 will be treated as
    hg pull URL1).

    Two path aliases are special because
    they are used as defaults when you do
    not provide the URL to a command:

    1. default
    2. default-push
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