/usr/share/mercurial/help/common.txt is in mercurial-common 3.1.2-2+deb8u4.
This file is owned by root:root, with mode 0o644.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | .. Common link and substitution definitions.
.. |hg(1)| replace:: **hg**\ (1)
.. _hg(1): hg.1.html
.. |hgrc(5)| replace:: **hgrc**\ (5)
.. _hgrc(5): hgrc.5.html
.. |hgignore(5)| replace:: **hgignore**\ (5)
.. _hgignore(5): hgignore.5.html
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