"""

        if branch_name and branch_name not in self.branches:

            raise BranchDoesNotExistError("Branch '%s' not found"

                                          % branch_name)

        # actually we should check now if it's not an empty repo to not spaw

        # subprocess commands

        if self._empty:

            raise EmptyRepositoryError("There are no changesets yet")

        # %H at format means (full) commit hash, initial hashes are retrieved

        # in ascending date order

        cmd = ['log', '--date-order', '--reverse', '--pretty=format:%H']

        if max_revisions:

            cmd += ['--max-count=%s' % max_revisions]

        if start_date:

            cmd += ['--since', start_date.strftime('%m/%d/%y %H:%M:%S')]

        if end_date:

            cmd += ['--until', end_date.strftime('%m/%d/%y %H:%M:%S')]

        if branch_name:

            cmd.append(branch_name)

        else:

            cmd.append(settings.GIT_REV_FILTER)

        revs = self.run_git_command(cmd)[0].splitlines()

        start_pos = 0

        end_pos = len(revs)

        if start:

            _start = self._get_revision(start)

            try:

                start_pos = revs.index(_start)

            except ValueError:

                pass

        if end is not None:

            _end = self._get_revision(end)

            try:

                end_pos = revs.index(_end)

            except ValueError:

                pass

        if None not in [start, end] and start_pos > end_pos:

            raise RepositoryError('start cannot be after end')

        if end_pos is not None:

            end_pos += 1

        revs = revs[start_pos:end_pos]

        if reverse:

        return CollectionGenerator(self, revs)

    def get_diff(self, rev1, rev2, path=None, ignore_whitespace=False,

                 context=3):

        """

        Returns (git like) *diff*, as plain text. Shows changes introduced by

        ``rev2`` since ``rev1``.

        :param rev1: Entry point from which diff is shown. Can be

          ``self.EMPTY_CHANGESET`` - in this case, patch showing all

          the changes since empty state of the repository until ``rev2``

        :param rev2: Until which revision changes should be shown.

        :param ignore_whitespace: If set to ``True``, would not show whitespace

          changes. Defaults to ``False``.

        :param context: How many lines before/after changed lines should be

          shown. Defaults to ``3``. Due to limitations in Git, if

          value passed-in is greater than ``2**31-1``

          (``2147483647``), it will be set to ``2147483647``

          instead. If negative value is passed-in, it will be set to

          ``0`` instead.

        """

        # Git internally uses a signed long int for storing context

        # size (number of lines to show before and after the

        # differences). This can result in integer overflow, so we

        # ensure the requested context is smaller by one than the

        # number that would cause the overflow. It is highly unlikely

        # that a single file will contain that many lines, so this

        # kind of change should not cause any realistic consequences.

        overflowed_long_int = 2**31

        if context >= overflowed_long_int:

            context = overflowed_long_int - 1

        # Negative context values make no sense, and will result in

        # errors. Ensure this does not happen.

        if context < 0:

            context = 0

        flags = ['-U%s' % context, '--full-index', '--binary', '-p', '-M', '--abbrev=40']

        if ignore_whitespace:

            flags.append('-w')

        if hasattr(rev1, 'raw_id'):

            rev1 = getattr(rev1, 'raw_id')

        if hasattr(rev2, 'raw_id'):

            rev2 = getattr(rev2, 'raw_id')

        """

        Returns iterator of ``MercurialChangeset`` objects from start to end

        (both are inclusive)

        :param start: None, str, int or mercurial lookup format

        :param end:  None, str, int or mercurial lookup format

        :param start_date:

        :param end_date:

        :param branch_name:

        :param reversed: return changesets in reversed order

        """

        start_raw_id = self._get_revision(start)

        start_pos = self.revisions.index(start_raw_id) if start else None

        end_raw_id = self._get_revision(end)

        end_pos = self.revisions.index(end_raw_id) if end else None

        if None not in [start, end] and start_pos > end_pos:

            raise RepositoryError("Start revision '%s' cannot be "

                                  "after end revision '%s'" % (start, end))

        if branch_name and branch_name not in self.allbranches.keys():

            msg = ("Branch %s not found in %s" % (branch_name, self))

            raise BranchDoesNotExistError(msg)

        if end_pos is not None:

            end_pos += 1

        # filter branches

        filter_ = []

        if branch_name:

            filter_.append('branch("%s")' % safe_str(branch_name))

        if start_date:

            filter_.append('date(">%s")' % start_date)

        if end_date:

            filter_.append('date("<%s")' % end_date)

        if filter_ or max_revisions:

            if filter_:

                revspec = ' and '.join(filter_)

            else:

                revspec = 'all()'

            if max_revisions:

                revspec = 'limit(%s, %s)' % (revspec, max_revisions)

            revisions = scmutil.revrange(self._repo, [revspec])

        else:

            revisions = self.revisions

        # this is very much a hack to turn this into a list; a better solution

        # would be to get rid of this function entirely and use revsets

        revs = list(revisions)[start_pos:end_pos]

        if reverse:

        return CollectionGenerator(self, revs)

    def pull(self, url):

        """

        Tries to pull changes from external location.

        """

        url = self._get_url(url)

        other = peer(self._repo, {}, url)

        try:

            # hg 3.2 moved push / pull to exchange module

            from mercurial import exchange

            exchange.pull(self._repo, other, heads=None, force=None)

        except ImportError:

            self._repo.pull(other, heads=None, force=None)

        except Abort as err:

            # Propagate error but with vcs's type

            raise RepositoryError(str(err))

    @LazyProperty

    def workdir(self):

        """

        Returns ``Workdir`` instance for this repository.

        """

        return MercurialWorkdir(self)

    def get_config_value(self, section, name=None, config_file=None):

        """

        Returns configuration value for a given [``section``] and ``name``.

        :param section: Section we want to retrieve value from

        :param name: Name of configuration we want to retrieve

        :param config_file: A path to file which should be used to retrieve

          configuration from (might also be a list of file paths)

        """

        if config_file is None:

            config_file = []

        elif isinstance(config_file, basestring):

            config_file = [config_file]

        config = self._repo.ui

        if config_file:

            config = ui.ui()

            for path in config_file:

                config.readconfig(path)

        return config.config(section, name)

    def get_user_name(self, config_file=None):