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How to Update Sourcetree Mercurial

Updated on:
June 5, 2026
By:
Madhav Bhandari
Use this interactive demo to learn how to configure the Mercurial update setting in Sourcetree.

Quick summary

To update Sourcetree Mercurial, open the Options window via the Remote tab, navigate to the Mercurial tab, and set the After pulling changes action to Update. This step-by-step process ensures your Sourcetree Mercurial configuration automatically updates your working directory after every pull.


Steps

  1. Click on the Remote tab in Sourcetree.
  2. Click Edit Accounts to open the accounts settings.
  3. In the Options window, navigate to the Mercurial tab.
  4. Click on the drop-down menu of the After pulling changes section.
  5. Select Update from the dropdown options.
  6. Click OK to save your changes.

📌 Why this matters

Keeping your Sourcetree Mercurial configuration up to date ensures that your working directory automatically reflects the latest pulled changes, reducing manual steps and merge conflicts. Developers using Mercurial version control in Sourcetree benefit from the After pulling changes setting, which streamlines repository synchronization. Properly configuring this setting improves team collaboration and keeps local codebases consistently aligned with remote repositories. This tutorial is especially valuable for teams migrating workflows or troubleshooting unexpected behavior after a pull operation in Sourcetree.
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