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by jheriko 4654 days ago
a lot of this is generally (d)vcs and applies equally to mercurial or even svn...

also if you think x pages of anything is a simple explanation then you missed a trick or two.

e.g if you have to explain why your arrows are pointing backwards you are doing it wrong, instead of using the standard notation for graphs and lists and stuff which are not generally well known, use what most people will understand on inspection.