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authorLorry <lorry@roadtrain.codethink.co.uk>2012-08-22 14:49:51 +0100
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+Mercurial
+=========
+
+Mercurial is a fast, easy to use, distributed revision control tool
+for software developers.
+
+Basic install:
+
+ $ make # see install targets
+ $ make install # do a system-wide install
+ $ hg debuginstall # sanity-check setup
+ $ hg # see help
+
+Running without installing:
+
+ $ make local # build for inplace usage
+ $ ./hg --version # should show the latest version
+
+See http://mercurial.selenic.com/ for detailed installation
+instructions, platform-specific notes, and Mercurial user information.