How To Remember Password in Mercurial TortoiseHg

I've just started using BitBucket as a remote repository for code sharing and how sweet it is too :) I decided to use Mercurial as the repository type and using TortoiseHg with it. A frustration I was having with it, was each time I did a commit or update I was getting prompted to enter my password - grrr!

I tried adding an [auth] entry to to the ini file, but that didn't work. I then came across this little 3 click gem:

Credit to: http://www.diigo.com/item/image/1fjyk/wry0?size=o

And now it works a treat!

Eclipse: Exclude SVN Folders in Project Explorer

If you like me you don't use the SVN tools that are built into Eclipse and you wan to exclude the .svn or _svn folders from the project explorer, do the following:

1. Right click the project root node > Build Path > Configure Build Path...
2. Click the Excluded node on the tree in the Properties pop-up and click Edit...
3. Click to Add... an exclusion pattern
4. Type in _svn/** and click OK
5. Do the same and this time add **/_svn/**
6. Click OK in Properties pop-up
7. Sorted!

Obviously I have used _ in the example. Swap that for a . if needed ;)