Contributing to Python: Difference between revisions

 

== Goal #4: practice using version control ==

 

Mercurial is the distributed version control system Python uses to manages changes to its code.

 

== Goal #5: practice creating patches ==

 

Code changes are represented in a concise and standard format called a "diff". <tt>patch</tt> is a utility which applies a "diff" to someone else's copy of the code.