Output Content-encoding for tar.gz and tar.bz2 snapshots If the HTTP header 'Content-encoding' is missing for tar.gz snapshots, some gzip capable proxies can bork the tarball and serve unusable files to users. GZ tarballs are served using Content-encoding: gzip. BZ2 tarballs are served using Content-encoding: x-bzip2.

#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# An example CGI script to use hgweb, edit as necessary

import cgitb, os, sys
cgitb.enable()

# sys.path.insert(0, "/path/to/python/lib") # if not a system-wide install
from mercurial import hgweb

h = hgweb.hgweb("/path/to/repo", "repository name")
h.run()