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Quick notes for contributors
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Setuptools is developed using the DVCS Mercurial.

Grab the code at bitbucket::

    $ hg clone https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools

If you want to contribute changes, we recommend you fork the repository on
bitbucket, commit the changes to your repository, and then make a pull request
on bitbucket. If you make some changes, don't forget to:

- add a note in CHANGES.txt

Please commit bug-fixes against the current maintenance branch and new
features to the default branch.

You can run the tests via::

    $ python setup.py test