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locking: take the `wlock` for the full `hg add` duration

Otherwise, there is a race condition window between the time we resolve the
file to add with the matcher and the time we lock the repo and modify the
dirstate.

For example, the working copy might have been updated away, or purged, and the
matched files would no longer be correct.

Mercurial's documentation is kept in reStructuredText format, which is
a simple plain text format that's easy to read and edit:

  http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html

It's also convertible to a variety of other formats including standard
UNIX man page format and HTML. You'll need to install Docutils:

  http://docutils.sourceforge.net/

Use the Makefile in this directory to generate the man and HTML pages.