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 System Requirements
 -------------------
 
-This project depends on Python 2.7 and the Mercurial 4.6 package. If
-Python is not installed, install it before proceeding. The Mercurial
-package can be installed with `pip install mercurial`.
+This project depends on Python 2.7 and the Mercurial >= 4.6
+package. If Python is not installed, install it before proceeding. The
+Mercurial package can be installed with `pip install mercurial`.
 
-If you're on Windows, run the following commands in git bash (Git for
-Windows).
+On windows the bash that comes with "Git for Windows" is known to work
+well.
 
 Usage
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