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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 https://mercurial-scm.org/ for detailed installation
+instructions, platform-specific notes, and Mercurial user information.