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+<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
+<HTML>
+<!-- created by hgweb 0.1 - jake@edge2.net -->
+<HEAD><TITLE>#title#</TITLE>
+<style type="text/css">
+body { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12px; }
+table { font-size: 12px; }
+.errmsg { font-size: 200%; color: red; }
+.filename { font-size: 150%; color: purple; }
+.manifest { font-size: 150%; color: purple; }
+.filehist { font-size: 150%; color: purple; }
+.plusline { color: green; }
+.minusline { color: red; }
+.atline { color: purple; }
+</style>
+</HEAD>
+<BODY>
+