Can Mercurial repositories safely be moved/renamed/etc.?

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Published on 2010-03-25T20:08:59Z Indexed on 2010/03/25 20:13 UTC
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Can I move the directory a local Mercurial repository is contained in without breaking it, or does it know where it lives and expect it to live there forever? (Coming from SVN with its switch/relocate requirements for moving local repos.)

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