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+Welcome to Mercurial for Windows!
+---------------------------------
+
+For configuration and usage directions, please read the ReadMe.html
+file that comes with this package.
+
+
+Release Notes
+-------------
+
+2005-09-21  v0.7 with modifications
+
+This is the first standalone release of Mercurial for Windows.  I
+believe it to be mostly functional, with one exception: there is no
+support yet for DOS <-> Unix line ending conversion.