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diff --git a/doc/todo/mercurial.mdwn b/doc/todo/mercurial.mdwn
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--- a/doc/todo/mercurial.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/mercurial.mdwn
@@ -20,4 +20,10 @@ Posthook: in $srcdir/.hg/hrc, I have the following
     incoming.update = hg up
     postupdate.ikiwiki = ikiwiki --setup /path/to/ikiwiki.setup --refresh
 
-This should update the working directory and run ikiwiki every time a change is recorded (someone who knows mercurial better than I do may be able to suggest a better way, but this works for me.)
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+This should update the working directory and run ikiwiki every time a change is recorded (someone who knows mercurial better than I do may be able to suggest a better way, but this works for me.)
+
+> Try running it with --post-commit instead of --refresh. That should
+> work better, handling both the case where the edit was made via the web
+> and then committed, and the case where a commit was made directly.
+> It can deadlock if the post-commit hook runs with --refresh in the
+> former case. --[[Joey]]