If I set up a central Mercurial Repository where certain people are allowed to push to it, what convenient way can I monitor the changes going into that repository?
I'm used to using SVN-Monitor for Subversion. It runs in the task-bar and lets me know whenever something new has been checked in to the repository.
Is there a similar solution for Mercurial ?
If you are currently using TeamCity or looking for a Continuous Integration solution:
TeamCity has various apps/plugins like a VisualStudio plugin and Windows TrayIcon for build notifications. You set up a project in TeamCity to build when someone commits to the repository. When someone commits it triggers a build, which will send a notification to you. A bonus is that it tells you if the build succeeded or failed ==> {good code or bad code}
Use a RSS feed monitor and point it to the repo's atom/RSS feed (found in the web interface).
Something like this should do nicely: http://superuser.com/questions/9929/rss-notification-in-system-tray
Alternately you could set up a changegroup hook on the repo to be watched and have it trigger something on your system, but polling is probably okay for this.