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Mercurial is the distributed version control system Python uses to manages changes to its code.
 
Please [http://mercurial.selenic.com/downloads/| download and install Mercurial now].
 
If you have not used Mercurial before, please go through [this tutorial| http://hgbook.red-bean.com/read/a-tour-of-mercurial-the-basics.html this tutorial].
 
 
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Please read through the following sections of the developer guide:
 
# [http://docs.python.org/devguide/#quick-start| Quick start]
# [http://docs.python.org/devguide/setup.html| Setup]
# [http://docs.python.org/devguide/help.html| Where to get help]
# [http://docs.python.org/devguide/patch.html| The lifecycle of a patch]
# [http://docs.python.org/devguide/runtests.html| Writing and running tests]
# [http://docs.python.org/devguide/tracker.html#tracker| Using the issue tracker]
# [http://docs.python.org/devguide/devcycle.html| The CPython development cycle]
 
By the end, you'll:
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First, the developer guide suggests 2 good areas for first-time contributors:
 
# [http://docs.python.org/devguide/docquality.html| Documentation]
# [http://docs.python.org/devguide/coverage.html| Test coverage]
 
If those sound interesting to you, look for issues in those areas.
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