This package helps to automate the task of maintaining Debian packages by using the distributed version-control system Mercurial. The programs included are:

mercurial-importdsc: Import an existing Debian source package into a Mercurial repository.

mercurial-importorig: Import new upstream tarballs.

mercurial-pristinetar: Recreate source tarballs from the Mercurial repository so they are identical to original upstream tarballs.

mercurial-buildpackage: Build a Debian package from the Mercurial repository, either in-place or using pbuilder.

mercurial-tagversion: Mark an uploaded Debian package for future reference.