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strip: hold wlock for entire duration

Previously, we'd acquire and release the wlock several times. This meant that
other hg processes could come in and change state. Instead of that, retain the
wlock for the entire duration of the strip.

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.