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packaging: leverage os.path.relpath() in setup.py `os.path.relpath()` has existed since Python 2.6, so we can safely use it. This fixes a bug in the current code when the common prefix is "/" (in which case `uplevel` would be one less than it should). Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D7875
author Martin von Zweigbergk <martinvonz@google.com>
date Tue, 14 Jan 2020 14:18:11 -0800
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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.