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packaging: move the version normalization function to the util module This will be used with Inno as well. Since this module isn't platform specific, rename to include that this is meant for Windows. (Mac has a different format.) Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D8059
author Matt Harbison <matt_harbison@yahoo.com>
date Sat, 01 Feb 2020 00:32:46 -0500
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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.