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David I.
David I.

Reputation: 4767

Install TortoiseHG on a shared drive?

Would it be possible to put install THG on a shared drive and let users run it from there without having to install it locally on each user's machine?

I'd be willing to accept some minor loss of functionality such as no overlay icons or menus in Explorer. Maybe people can only use the workbench interface...

Bonus points if the local stuff could be wired up after it was installed centrally!

Upvotes: 3

Views: 134

Answers (2)

David I.
David I.

Reputation: 4767

I got an answer from the TortoiseHG mailing list:

There are two things you miss by not running the installer:

  1. Explorer extension (context menu, overlay icons)
  2. Having the apps in your PATH (thg.exe, hg.exe, kdiff.exe, tortoiseplink.exe)

The workbench and other apps should run just fine from a copy of the install folder.

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Steve Borho

Upvotes: 3

Kit Roed
Kit Roed

Reputation: 5217

Okay, my "initial reactions" aside, you might be able to copy the TortoiseHg folder after installing it to your machine then copying the Program Files directory a network location and run it from there. (At least, it appears to have been possible in the past)

Try copying the Program Files\TortoiseHg directory to the network share (you could use a network drive to make your life in cmd easier)

Then run thg.exe with a shortcut/cmd/Run... prompt:

<network location>\TortoiseHg\thg.exe

Good luck!

Upvotes: 0

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