--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/debian/postinst	Wed Sep 07 10:56:24 2011 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# postinst script for mercurial-server
+
+set -e
+
+# Load debconf
+. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
+
+case "$1" in
+    configure|reconfigure)
+        if ! getent passwd hg >/dev/null; then
+            adduser --disabled-password --quiet --system \
+                --shell /bin/sh --group \
+                --home /var/lib/mercurial-server \
+                --gecos "Mercurial repositories" hg
+            # Make sure Mercurial's modules will work when we come to use them
+            update-python-modules -p
+            su -c "/usr/share/mercurial-server/init/hginit /usr/share/mercurial-server" hg
+        fi
+    ;;
+
+    abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure)
+    ;;
+
+    *)
+        echo "postinst called with unknown argument \`$1'" >&2
+        exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
+# dh_installdeb will replace this with shell code automatically
+# generated by other debhelper scripts.
+
+#DEBHELPER#
+
+exit 0