diff -r d0789ce427ac -r 6bb9de1e4d16 mercurial/statichttprepo.py
--- a/mercurial/statichttprepo.py	Sun Nov 17 13:28:11 2013 -0800
+++ b/mercurial/statichttprepo.py	Sun Nov 17 13:31:18 2013 -0800
@@ -54,8 +54,10 @@
             data = data[:bytes]
         self.pos += len(data)
         return data
+    def readlines(self):
+        return self.read().splitlines(True)
     def __iter__(self):
-        return iter(self.read().splitlines(True))
+        return iter(self.readlines())
     def close(self):
         pass