This code uses the ast module, which was new in 2.6, so we'll skip this test on anything earlier. $ python -c 'import sys ; assert sys.version_info >= (2, 6)' || exit 80 $ import_checker="$TESTDIR"/../contrib/import-checker.py Run the doctests from the import checker, and make sure it's working correctly. $ TERM=dumb $ export TERM $ python -m doctest $import_checker $ cd "$TESTDIR"/.. $ if hg identify -q > /dev/null 2>&1; then : > else > echo "skipped: not a Mercurial working dir" >&2 > exit 80 > fi There are a handful of cases here that require renaming a module so it doesn't overlap with a stdlib module name. There are also some cycles here that we should still endeavor to fix, and some cycles will be hidden by deduplication algorithm in the cycle detector, so fixing these may expose other cycles. $ hg locate 'mercurial/**.py' | xargs python "$import_checker" mercurial/dispatch.py mixed stdlib and relative imports: commands, error, extensions, fancyopts, hg, hook, util mercurial/fileset.py mixed stdlib and relative imports: error, merge, parser, util mercurial/revset.py mixed stdlib and relative imports: discovery, error, hbisect, parser, phases, util mercurial/templater.py mixed stdlib and relative imports: config, error, parser, templatefilters, util mercurial/ui.py mixed stdlib and relative imports: config, error, formatter, scmutil, util Import cycle: mercurial.cmdutil -> mercurial.subrepo -> mercurial.cmdutil Import cycle: mercurial.repoview -> mercurial.revset -> mercurial.repoview Import cycle: mercurial.fileset -> mercurial.merge -> mercurial.subrepo -> mercurial.match -> mercurial.fileset Import cycle: mercurial.filemerge -> mercurial.match -> mercurial.fileset -> mercurial.merge -> mercurial.filemerge