use __contains__, index or split instead of str.find str.find return -1 when the substring is not found, -1 evaluate to True and is a valid index, which can lead to bugs. Using alternatives when possible makes the code clearer and less prone to bugs. (and __contains__ is faster in microbenchmarks)

#!/bin/sh
#
mkdir t
cd t
hg init
echo 0 > a
echo 0 > b
hg ci -A -m m -d "1000000 0"
hg rm a
hg cat a
sleep 1 # make sure mtime is changed
echo 1 > b
hg ci -m m -d "1000000 0"
echo 2 > b
hg cat -r 0 a
hg cat -r 0 b
hg cat -r 1 a
hg cat -r 1 b