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+title: "Setting up your account & first Mercurial repository"
+---
+
+If this is your first time using Mercurial, we recommend starting with the
+[official Mercurial Guide](https://www.mercurial-scm.org/guide).
+
+<div class="alert alert-info">
+  Prefer git? Check out the corresponding
+  <a href="set-up-account-and-git.md">git tutorial</a>.
+</div>
+
+# Setting up your account & first Mercurial repository
+
+Thanks for signing up for sr.ht! Let's start by setting up your profile details.
+Your profile page is on meta.sr.ht, the sr.ht account management service. You
+can fill in some basic (and optional) details like your bio on your [profile
+page](https://meta.sr.ht/profile). Before we can get any work done, however, we
+need to set up your SSH key and add it on the keys page.
+
+## Generating an SSH key
+
+sr.ht does not support pushing to Mercurial repositories over HTTPS with a
+username+password - SSH keys are mandatory. If you already have an SSH key, you
+can skip this step. If not, run the following command to generate one:
+
+    ssh-keygen
+
+If you accept the defaults, the public key will be written to
+`~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub` and the private key to `~/.ssh/id_rsa`.
+
+## Uploading your key to meta.sr.ht
+
+The meta.sr.ht [keys page](https://meta.sr.ht/keys) has a form for adding your
+SSH key. If you followed the earlier instructions to generate an SSH key, your
+public key is stored at `~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub`. Copy the contents of this file to
+your clipboard and paste it into the text field. Click "Add key" and your key
+will now be valid for pushing to Mercurial repositories.
+
+### Specifying a Key
+
+If you already use multiple SSH keys, remember to specify which key to use 
+with `sr.ht` services. Edit `~/.ssh/config` and add an appropriate `Host` entry
+that gives the path to the private key you wish to use:
+
+    Host *sr.ht
+      IdentityFile ~/.ssh/srht.id_rsa
+      PreferredAuthentications publickey
+
+## Creating a Mercurial repository
+
+If you already have a Mercurial repository you want to push to hg.sr.ht, you can
+skip this step. If not, open up a shell and run the following commands to create
+a test repository for experimenting with:
+
+    mkdir example
+    cd example
+    hg init
+    echo "Hello world!" >README.md
+    hg add README.md
+    hg commit -m "Initial commit"
+
+This created a new Mercurial repository and added a `README.md` file to it, then
+created the initial commit.
+
+## Pushing your repository to hg.sr.ht
+
+Run the following command to push your changes to hg.sr.ht:
+
+    hg push ssh://hg@hg.sr.ht/~{{{srht_username}}}/example
+
+Since this repository didn't previously exist, you'll be prompted with a link to
+create the repository on hg.sr.ht - click that link and fill out the form on
+that page. You'll be redirected to your repository on hg.sr.ht: you're done!
+
+You can save yourself some typing and just run `hg push` next time by adding
+this to `.hg/hgrc`:
+
+    [paths]
+    default = ssh://hg@hg.sr.ht/~{{{srht_username}}}/example
+
+<div class="alert alert-primary">
+    <strong>Tip</strong>: You can create repositories on the web on the
+    hg.sr.ht <a href="https://hg.sr.ht/create">new repository page</a>.
+</div>
+
+---
+
+Next: [Getting started with builds.sr.ht](getting-started-with-builds.md)
+
+Other resources:
+
+- [The git book](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2)
+- [git.sr.ht user manual](/git.sr.ht)