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revert: add some inline comments

I spend some time understanding how this part of the revert code is
working. I'm adding some comments to help the code readability. I
expect most of them to disappear in a coming refactoring. But the
refactoring should be easier to follow with the comment.

#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# runrst - register custom roles and run correct writer
#
# Copyright 2010 Matt Mackall <[e-mail]> and others
#
# This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of the
# GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.

"""usage: %s WRITER args...

where WRITER is the name of a Docutils writer such as 'html' or 'manpage'
"""

import sys
try:
    from docutils.parsers.rst import roles
    from docutils.core import publish_cmdline
    from docutils import nodes, utils
except ImportError:
    sys.stderr.write("abort: couldn't generate documentation: docutils "
                     "module is missing\n")
    sys.stderr.write("please install python-docutils or see "
                     "http://docutils.sourceforge.net/\n")
    sys.exit(-1)

def role_hg(name, rawtext, text, lineno, inliner,
            options={}, content=[]):
    text = "hg " + utils.unescape(text)
    linktext = nodes.literal(rawtext, text)
    parts = text.split()
    cmd, args = parts[1], parts[2:]
    if cmd == 'help' and args:
        cmd = args[0] # link to 'dates' for 'hg help dates'
    node = nodes.reference(rawtext, '', linktext,
                           refuri="hg.1.html#%s" % cmd)
    return [node], []

roles.register_local_role("hg", role_hg)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
        sys.stderr.write(__doc__ % sys.argv[0])
        sys.exit(1)

    writer = sys.argv[1]
    del sys.argv[1]

    publish_cmdline(writer_name=writer)