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+Mercurial is a fast, lightweight Source Control Management system
+designed for efficient handling of very large distributed projects.
+
+Fast
+        * Extremely high-performance delta-compressed storage scheme
+        * Optimized for disk layout and access efficiency
+        * Complete cross-indexing of files and changesets
+        * Bandwidth and CPU efficient HTTP and SSH sync protocols
+
+Scalable
+	* Distributed development model supports unlimited numbers
+	  of developers
+        * Allows arbitrary merging between developer branches
+	* Doesn't significantly degrade with large numbers of files
+	  or changesets
+        * No waiting for locks!
+
+Robust
+        * SHA1 integrity checking on repository data
+        * Append-only storage model with transaction journalling
+        * Fast full-repository verification
+        * Convenient backup
+
+Easy to use
+        * Most commands are familiar to users of CVS and other systems
+        * Built-in command help
+        * Integrated stand-alone web interface
+        * Works with various GUI tools
+
+Easy to adopt
+        * Runs on UNIX, MacOS X, and Windows
+        * Conversion tools available for many popular SCMs
+        * Allows a variety of usage models
+        * Supports user-defined hooks and extensions
+
+Free
+        * Source code available under the GPL license
+        * Actively community supported and developed