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revlog: fix error about unknown compression format in py3 In py2, the error is something like: abort: unknown compression type 'x'! In py3, we get the following unhelpful message: abort: unknown compression type <memory at 0x7f4650b5cdc8>! Switch to something like: abort: unknown compression type 78! Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D10318
author Valentin Gatien-Baron <vgatien-baron@janestreet.com>
date Tue, 06 Apr 2021 13:49:19 -0400
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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.