Mercurial repositories no longer work on Bamboo 8 or newer: Cannot use this repository. Plugin is missing or disabled.
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Summary
After upgrading to Bamboo 8.0 or newer, the Mercurial repositories no longer work: Cannot use this repository. Plugin is missing or disabled.
Environment
Bamboo 8 or newer.
Diagnosis
The following error shows up when accessing a Mercurial repository in Bamboo after upgrading to 8.0 or newer.
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Cannot use this repository. Plugin is missing or disabled. Plugin key: com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.atlassian-bamboo-plugin-mercurial:mercurialUnder Bamboo administration > Overview > Server Capabilities, system.hg.executable is marked as a custom capability and there it's not possible to add a Mercurial capability type.
Cause
Starting on Bamboo 8.0, support for Mercurial has beendiscontinued and the Mercurial plugin was removed from bundled plugins.
Solution
Repositories can be re-added with the Git repository type. It's also strongly suggested to Migrate to Git.
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