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safehasattr: pass attribute name as string instead of bytes This is a step toward replacing `util.safehasattr` usage with plain `hasattr`. The builtin function behave poorly in Python2 but this was fixed in Python3. These change are done one by one as they tend to have a small odd to trigger puzzling breackage.
author Pierre-Yves David <pierre-yves.david@octobus.net>
date Thu, 02 Feb 2023 17:28:15 +0100
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1 Mercurial's documentation is kept in reStructuredText format, which is
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2 a simple plain text format that's easy to read and edit:
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4 http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html
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6 It's also convertible to a variety of other formats including standard
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7 UNIX man page format and HTML. You'll need to install Docutils:
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9 http://docutils.sourceforge.net/
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11 Use the Makefile in this directory to generate the man and HTML pages.