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+# Oxidized Mercurial
+
+This project provides a Rust implementation of the Mercurial (`hg`)
+version control tool.
+
+Under the hood, the project uses
+[PyOxidizer](https://github.com/indygreg/PyOxidizer) to embed a Python
+interpreter in a binary built with Rust. At run-time, the Rust `fn main()`
+is called and Rust code handles initial process startup. An in-process
+Python interpreter is started (if needed) to provide additional
+functionality.
+
+# Building
+
+This project currently requires an unreleased version of PyOxidizer
+(0.7.0-pre). For best results, build the exact PyOxidizer commit
+as defined in the `pyoxidizer.bzl` file:
+
+    $ git clone https://github.com/indygreg/PyOxidizer.git
+    $ cd PyOxidizer
+    $ git checkout <Git commit from pyoxidizer.bzl>
+    $ cargo build --release
+
+Then build this Rust project using the built `pyoxidizer` executable::
+
+    $ /path/to/pyoxidizer/target/release/pyoxidizer build
+
+If all goes according to plan, there should be an assembled application
+under `build/<arch>/debug/app/` with an `hg` executable:
+
+    $ build/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/debug/app/hg version
+    Mercurial Distributed SCM (version 5.3.1+433-f99cd77d53dc+20200331)
+    (see https://mercurial-scm.org for more information)
+
+    Copyright (C) 2005-2020 Matt Mackall and others
+    This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
+    warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+# Running Tests
+
+To run tests with a built `hg` executable, you can use the `--with-hg`
+argument to `run-tests.py`. But there's a wrinkle: many tests run custom
+Python scripts that need to `import` modules provided by Mercurial. Since
+these modules are embedded in the produced `hg` executable, a regular
+Python interpreter can't access them! To work around this, set `PYTHONPATH`
+to the Mercurial source directory. e.g.:
+
+    $ cd /path/to/hg/src/tests
+    $ PYTHONPATH=`pwd`/.. python3.7 run-tests.py \
+        --with-hg `pwd`/../rust/hgcli/build/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/debug/app/hg