--- a/mercurial/util.py	Thu Feb 28 12:51:18 2013 -0800
+++ b/mercurial/util.py	Thu Feb 28 13:11:42 2013 -0800
@@ -1872,3 +1872,46 @@
         return fd.isatty()
     except AttributeError:
         return False
+
+timecount = unitcountfn(
+    (1, 1e3, _('%.0f s')),
+    (100, 1, _('%.1f s')),
+    (10, 1, _('%.2f s')),
+    (1, 1, _('%.3f s')),
+    (100, 0.001, _('%.1f ms')),
+    (10, 0.001, _('%.2f ms')),
+    (1, 0.001, _('%.3f ms')),
+    (100, 0.000001, _('%.1f us')),
+    (10, 0.000001, _('%.2f us')),
+    (1, 0.000001, _('%.3f us')),
+    (100, 0.000000001, _('%.1f ns')),
+    (10, 0.000000001, _('%.2f ns')),
+    (1, 0.000000001, _('%.3f ns')),
+    )
+
+_timenesting = [0]
+
+def timed(func):
+    '''Report the execution time of a function call to stderr.
+
+    During development, use as a decorator when you need to measure
+    the cost of a function, e.g. as follows:
+
+    @util.timed
+    def foo(a, b, c):
+        pass
+    '''
+
+    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+        start = time.time()
+        indent = 2
+        _timenesting[0] += indent
+        try:
+            return func(*args, **kwargs)
+        finally:
+            elapsed = time.time() - start
+            _timenesting[0] -= indent
+            sys.stderr.write('%s%s: %s\n' %
+                             (' ' * _timenesting[0], func.__name__,
+                              timecount(elapsed)))
+    return wrapper