diff --git a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/ChangesetViewerUtil.java b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/ChangesetViewerUtil.java
index 79da36e354..ec73339a22 100644
--- a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/ChangesetViewerUtil.java
+++ b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/ChangesetViewerUtil.java
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ package sonia.scm.repository;
 
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -49,6 +48,8 @@ import sonia.scm.util.Util;
 
 //~--- JDK imports ------------------------------------------------------------
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+
 import java.util.Set;
 
 /**
@@ -103,6 +104,8 @@ public class ChangesetViewerUtil extends CacheClearHook
    *
    * @return
    *
+   *
+   * @throws IOException
    * @throws NotSupportedFeatuerException
    * @throws RepositoryException
    */
@@ -133,6 +136,8 @@ public class ChangesetViewerUtil extends CacheClearHook
    *
    * @return
    *
+   *
+   * @throws IOException
    * @throws NotSupportedFeatuerException
    * @throws RepositoryException
    */
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgChangesetViewer.java b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgChangesetViewer.java
index 587fd19594..285efa5565 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgChangesetViewer.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgChangesetViewer.java
@@ -38,25 +38,18 @@ package sonia.scm.repository;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
-import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
-
-import sonia.scm.io.Command;
-import sonia.scm.io.CommandResult;
-import sonia.scm.io.SimpleCommand;
-import sonia.scm.util.IOUtil;
+import sonia.scm.util.AssertUtil;
+import sonia.scm.web.HgUtil;
 
 //~--- JDK imports ------------------------------------------------------------
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.StringReader;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
+import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
 
 /**
  *
@@ -65,30 +58,17 @@ import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
 public class HgChangesetViewer implements ChangesetViewer
 {
 
-  /** Field description */
-  public static final String ID_TIP = "tip";
-
-  /** Field description */
-  //J-
-  public static final String TEMPLATE_CHANGESETS =
-        "\"<changeset>"
-      +   "<id>{rev}:{node|short}</id>"
-      +   "<author>{author|escape}</author>"
-      +   "<description>{desc|escape}</description>"
-      +   "<date>{date|isodatesec}</date>"
-      +   "<tags>{tags}</tags>"
-      +   "<branches>{branches}</branches>"
-      +   "<files-added>{file_adds}</files-added>"
-      +   "<files-mods>{file_mods}</files-mods>"
-      +   "<files-dels>{file_dels}</files-dels>"
-      + "</changeset>\"";
-  //J+
-
   /** Field description */
   public static final String ENV_PENDING = "HG_PENDING";
 
   /** Field description */
-  public static final String TEMPLATE_TOTAL = "{rev}";
+  public static final String ENV_REVISION_LIMIT = "SCM_REVISION_LIMIT";
+
+  /** Field description */
+  public static final String ENV_REVISION_START = "SCM_REVISION_START";
+
+  /** Field description */
+  public static final String RESOURCE_LOG = "/sonia/scm/hglog.py";
 
   /** the logger for HgChangesetViewer */
   private static final Logger logger =
@@ -102,11 +82,16 @@ public class HgChangesetViewer implements ChangesetViewer
    *
    *
    * @param handler
-   * @param repository
+   * @param repositoryDirectory
+   * @param changesetPagingResultContext
    */
-  public HgChangesetViewer(HgRepositoryHandler handler, Repository repository)
+  public HgChangesetViewer(HgRepositoryHandler handler,
+                           File repositoryDirectory,
+                           JAXBContext changesetPagingResultContext)
   {
-    this(handler, handler.getDirectory(repository).getAbsolutePath());
+    this.handler = handler;
+    this.repositoryDirectory = repositoryDirectory;
+    this.changesetPagingResultContext = changesetPagingResultContext;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -114,12 +99,14 @@ public class HgChangesetViewer implements ChangesetViewer
    *
    *
    * @param handler
-   * @param repositoryPath
+   * @param repository
+   * @param changesetPagingResultContext
    */
-  public HgChangesetViewer(HgRepositoryHandler handler, String repositoryPath)
+  public HgChangesetViewer(HgRepositoryHandler handler, Repository repository,
+                           JAXBContext changesetPagingResultContext)
   {
-    this.handler = handler;
-    this.repositoryPath = repositoryPath;
+    this(handler, handler.getDirectory(repository),
+         changesetPagingResultContext);
   }
 
   //~--- get methods ----------------------------------------------------------
@@ -131,51 +118,14 @@ public class HgChangesetViewer implements ChangesetViewer
    * @param max
    *
    * @return
+   *
+   * @throws IOException
    */
   @Override
   public ChangesetPagingResult getChangesets(int start, int max)
+          throws IOException
   {
-    ChangesetPagingResult changesets = null;
-    InputStream in = null;
-
-    try
-    {
-      int total = getTotalChangesets(repositoryPath);
-      int startRev = total - start;
-      int endRev = total - start - (max - 1);
-
-      if (endRev < 0)
-      {
-        endRev = 0;
-      }
-
-      List<Changeset> changesetList = getChangesets(Integer.toString(startRev),
-                                        Integer.toString(endRev));
-
-      if (changesetList != null)
-      {
-        if (total == -1)
-        {
-          total = 0;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-          total++;
-        }
-
-        changesets = new ChangesetPagingResult(total, changesetList);
-      }
-    }
-    catch (IOException ex)
-    {
-      logger.error("could not load changesets", ex);
-    }
-    finally
-    {
-      IOUtil.close(in);
-    }
-
-    return changesets;
+    return getChangesets(String.valueOf(start), String.valueOf(max), false);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -183,66 +133,41 @@ public class HgChangesetViewer implements ChangesetViewer
    *
    *
    * @param startRev
-   * @param endRev
+   * @param limit
    * @param pending
    *
    * @return
    *
    * @throws IOException
    */
-  public List<Changeset> getChangesets(String startRev, String endRev,
+  public ChangesetPagingResult getChangesets(String startRev, String limit,
           boolean pending)
           throws IOException
   {
-    List<Changeset> changesetList = null;
-    InputStream in = null;
+    AssertUtil.assertIsNotEmpty(startRev);
+    AssertUtil.assertIsNotEmpty(limit);
 
-    try
+    if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
     {
-      SimpleCommand command =
-        new SimpleCommand(handler.getConfig().getHgBinary(), "-R",
-                          repositoryPath, "log", "-r", startRev + ":" + endRev,
-                          "--template", TEMPLATE_CHANGESETS);
-
-      if (pending)
-      {
-        Map<String, String> env = new HashMap<String, String>();
-
-        env.put(ENV_PENDING, repositoryPath);
-        command.setEnvironment(env);
-      }
-
-      CommandResult result = command.execute();
-
-      if (result.isSuccessfull())
-      {
-        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("<changesets>");
-
-        sb.append(result.getOutput()).append("</changesets>");
-        changesetList = new HgChangesetParser().parse(
-          new InputSource(new StringReader(sb.toString())));
-      }
-      else if (logger.isErrorEnabled())
-      {
-        logger.error(
-            "command for fetching changesets failed with exit code {} and output {}",
-            result.getReturnCode(), result.getOutput());
-      }
-    }
-    catch (ParserConfigurationException ex)
-    {
-      logger.error("could not parse changesets", ex);
-    }
-    catch (SAXException ex)
-    {
-      logger.error("could not unmarshall changesets", ex);
-    }
-    finally
-    {
-      IOUtil.close(in);
+      logger.debug("get changesets for repository {}, start: {}, limit: {}",
+                   new Object[] { repositoryDirectory.getName(),
+                                  startRev, limit });
     }
 
-    return changesetList;
+    Map<String, String> env = new HashMap<String, String>();
+
+    if (pending)
+    {
+      env.put(ENV_PENDING, repositoryDirectory.getAbsolutePath());
+    }
+
+    env.put(ENV_REVISION_START, startRev);
+    env.put(ENV_REVISION_LIMIT, limit);
+
+    return HgUtil.getResultFromScript(ChangesetPagingResult.class,
+                                      changesetPagingResultContext,
+                                      RESOURCE_LOG, handler,
+                                      repositoryDirectory, env);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -250,55 +175,26 @@ public class HgChangesetViewer implements ChangesetViewer
    *
    *
    * @param startRev
-   * @param endRev
+   * @param limit
    *
    * @return
    *
    * @throws IOException
    */
-  public List<Changeset> getChangesets(String startRev, String endRev)
+  public ChangesetPagingResult getChangesets(String startRev, String limit)
           throws IOException
   {
-    return getChangesets(startRev, endRev, false);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Method description
-   *
-   *
-   * @param repositoryPath
-   *
-   * @return
-   *
-   * @throws IOException
-   */
-  private int getTotalChangesets(String repositoryPath) throws IOException
-  {
-    int total = -1;
-    Command command = new SimpleCommand(handler.getConfig().getHgBinary(),
-                        "-R", repositoryPath, "tip", "--template",
-                        TEMPLATE_TOTAL);
-    CommandResult result = command.execute();
-
-    if (result.isSuccessfull())
-    {
-      total = Integer.parseInt(result.getOutput().trim());
-    }
-    else if (logger.isErrorEnabled())
-    {
-      logger.error(
-          "could not read tip revision, command returned with exit code {} and content {}",
-          result.getReturnCode(), result.getOutput());
-    }
-
-    return total;
+    return getChangesets(startRev, limit, false);
   }
 
   //~--- fields ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
+  /** Field description */
+  private JAXBContext changesetPagingResultContext;
+
   /** Field description */
   private HgRepositoryHandler handler;
 
   /** Field description */
-  private String repositoryPath;
+  private File repositoryDirectory;
 }
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgRepositoryBrowser.java b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgRepositoryBrowser.java
index 3cda3f9952..467db78431 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgRepositoryBrowser.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgRepositoryBrowser.java
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 
 import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
-import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
 
 /**
  *
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgRepositoryHandler.java b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgRepositoryHandler.java
index 03e1ff61d8..5e3117d2e4 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgRepositoryHandler.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgRepositoryHandler.java
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ public class HgRepositoryHandler
     {
       this.browserResultContext = JAXBContext.newInstance(BrowserResult.class);
       this.blameResultContext = JAXBContext.newInstance(BlameResult.class);
+      this.changesetPagingResultContext =
+        JAXBContext.newInstance(ChangesetPagingResult.class);
     }
     catch (JAXBException ex)
     {
@@ -240,7 +242,8 @@ public class HgRepositoryHandler
 
     if (TYPE_NAME.equals(type))
     {
-      changesetViewer = new HgChangesetViewer(this, repository);
+      changesetViewer = new HgChangesetViewer(this, repository,
+              changesetPagingResultContext);
     }
     else
     {
@@ -310,6 +313,27 @@ public class HgRepositoryHandler
     return TYPE;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @param repositoryDirectory
+   *
+   * @return
+   */
+  HgChangesetViewer getChangesetViewer(File repositoryDirectory)
+  {
+    AssertUtil.assertIsNotNull(repositoryDirectory);
+
+    if (!repositoryDirectory.isDirectory())
+    {
+      throw new IllegalStateException("directory not found");
+    }
+
+    return new HgChangesetViewer(this, repositoryDirectory,
+                                 changesetPagingResultContext);
+  }
+
   //~--- methods --------------------------------------------------------------
 
   /**
@@ -552,4 +576,7 @@ public class HgRepositoryHandler
 
   /** Field description */
   private JAXBContext browserResultContext;
+
+  /** Field description */
+  private JAXBContext changesetPagingResultContext;
 }
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgRepositoryHookEvent.java b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgRepositoryHookEvent.java
index 43f31694c5..7020f9b435 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgRepositoryHookEvent.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/HgRepositoryHookEvent.java
@@ -110,8 +110,13 @@ public class HgRepositoryHookEvent extends AbstractRepositoryHookEvent
           logger.debug("load {}changesets for hook {}", pendingString, type);
         }
 
-        changesets = createChangesetViewer().getChangesets(startRev, REV_TIP,
-                pending);
+        ChangesetPagingResult result =
+          createChangesetViewer().getChangesets(startRev, REV_TIP, pending);
+
+        if (result != null)
+        {
+          changesets = result.getChangesets();
+        }
       }
       catch (IOException ex)
       {
@@ -147,8 +152,7 @@ public class HgRepositoryHookEvent extends AbstractRepositoryHookEvent
     File directory = handler.getConfig().getRepositoryDirectory();
     File repositoryDirectory = new File(directory, repositoryName);
 
-    return new HgChangesetViewer(handler,
-                                 repositoryDirectory.getAbsolutePath());
+    return handler.getChangesetViewer(repositoryDirectory);
   }
 
   //~--- fields ---------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/web/HgUtil.java b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/web/HgUtil.java
index 47d5cf426b..6bdc56d72b 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/web/HgUtil.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/web/HgUtil.java
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import sonia.scm.SCMContext;
-import sonia.scm.repository.BrowserResult;
 import sonia.scm.repository.HgConfig;
 import sonia.scm.repository.HgRepositoryHandler;
 import sonia.scm.repository.Repository;
@@ -53,6 +52,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
@@ -96,16 +96,15 @@ public class HgUtil
    *
    *
    * @param handler
-   * @param repository
-   * @param revision
-   * @param path
+   * @param directory
+   * @param extraEnv
    *
    * @return
    *
    * @throws IOException
    */
   public static Process createPythonProcess(HgRepositoryHandler handler,
-          Repository repository, String revision, String path)
+          File directory, Map<String, String> extraEnv)
           throws IOException
   {
     HgConfig config = handler.getConfig();
@@ -113,12 +112,8 @@ public class HgUtil
     Map<String, String> env = pb.environment();
 
     env.put(ENV_PYTHON_PATH, Util.nonNull(config.getPythonPath()));
-
-    String directory = handler.getDirectory(repository).getAbsolutePath();
-
-    env.put(ENV_REPOSITORY_PATH, directory);
-    env.put(ENV_REVISION, getRevision(revision));
-    env.put(ENV_PATH, Util.nonNull(path));
+    env.put(ENV_REPOSITORY_PATH, directory.getAbsolutePath());
+    env.putAll(extraEnv);
 
     return pb.start();
   }
@@ -145,21 +140,6 @@ public class HgUtil
     return new File(cgiDirectory, CGI_NAME);
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Method description
-   *
-   *
-   * @param revision
-   *
-   * @return
-   */
-  public static String getRevision(String revision)
-  {
-    return Util.isEmpty(revision)
-           ? REVISION_TIP
-           : revision;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Method description
    *
@@ -168,23 +148,21 @@ public class HgUtil
    * @param context
    * @param scriptResource
    * @param handler
-   * @param repository
-   * @param revision
-   * @param path
+   * @param directory
+   * @param extraEnv
    * @param <T>
    *
    * @return
    *
    * @throws IOException
    */
-  public static <T> T getResultFromScript(Class<T> resultType, JAXBContext context,
-                                   String scriptResource,
-                                   HgRepositoryHandler handler,
-                                   Repository repository, String revision,
-                                   String path)
+  public static <T> T getResultFromScript(Class<T> resultType,
+          JAXBContext context, String scriptResource,
+          HgRepositoryHandler handler, File directory,
+          Map<String, String> extraEnv)
           throws IOException
   {
-    Process p = createPythonProcess(handler, repository, revision, path);
+    Process p = createPythonProcess(handler, directory, extraEnv);
     T result = null;
     InputStream resource = null;
     InputStream input = null;
@@ -213,4 +191,79 @@ public class HgUtil
 
     return result;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @param resultType
+   * @param context
+   * @param scriptResource
+   * @param handler
+   * @param repository
+   * @param extraEnv
+   * @param <T>
+   *
+   * @return
+   *
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  public static <T> T getResultFromScript(Class<T> resultType,
+          JAXBContext context, String scriptResource,
+          HgRepositoryHandler handler, Repository repository,
+          Map<String, String> extraEnv)
+          throws IOException
+  {
+    File directory = handler.getDirectory(repository);
+
+    return getResultFromScript(resultType, context, scriptResource, handler,
+                               directory, extraEnv);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @param resultType
+   * @param context
+   * @param scriptResource
+   * @param handler
+   * @param repository
+   * @param revision
+   * @param path
+   * @param <T>
+   *
+   * @return
+   *
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  public static <T> T getResultFromScript(Class<T> resultType,
+          JAXBContext context, String scriptResource,
+          HgRepositoryHandler handler, Repository repository, String revision,
+          String path)
+          throws IOException
+  {
+    Map<String, String> extraEnv = new HashMap<String, String>();
+
+    extraEnv.put(ENV_REVISION, getRevision(revision));
+    extraEnv.put(ENV_PATH, Util.nonNull(path));
+
+    return getResultFromScript(resultType, context, scriptResource, handler,
+                               repository, extraEnv);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @param revision
+   *
+   * @return
+   */
+  public static String getRevision(String revision)
+  {
+    return Util.isEmpty(revision)
+           ? REVISION_TIP
+           : revision;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/resources/sonia/scm/hglog.py b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/resources/sonia/scm/hglog.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eebee94f60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/resources/sonia/scm/hglog.py
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2010, Sebastian Sdorra
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+#
+# 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
+#    this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+# 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
+#    this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
+#    and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+# 3. Neither the name of SCM-Manager; nor the names of its
+#    contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
+#    software without specific prior written permission.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
+# AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+# IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
+# DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+# DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
+# (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
+# LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON
+# ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+# (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
+# SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+#
+# http://bitbucket.org/sdorra/scm-manager
+#
+#
+
+import sys, os
+
+pythonPath = os.environ['SCM_PYTHON_PATH']
+
+if len(pythonPath) > 0:
+  pathParts = pythonPath.split(os.pathsep)
+  for i in range(len(pathParts)):
+    sys.path.insert(i, pathParts[i])
+
+from mercurial import hg, ui, commands
+from mercurial.node import hex
+from xml.sax.saxutils import escape
+import datetime, time
+
+repositoryPath = os.environ['SCM_REPOSITORY_PATH']
+repo = hg.repository(ui.ui(), path = repositoryPath)
+
+start =  os.environ['SCM_REVISION_START']
+limit = os.environ['SCM_REVISION_LIMIT']
+
+total = len(repo)
+limit = int(limit)
+
+try:
+  start = int(start)
+  startRev = total - start - 1
+  if startRev < 0:
+    startRev = 0
+except ValueError:
+  startRev = repo[start].rev()
+
+endRev = startRev - limit
+if endRev < -1:
+  endRev = -1
+
+# header
+print '<changeset-paging>'
+print '  <total>' + str(total) + '</total>'
+print '  <changesets>'
+
+# changesets
+for i in range(startRev, endRev, -1):
+  ctx = repo[i]
+  time = int(ctx.date()[0]) * 1000
+  branch = ctx.branch()
+  tags = ctx.tags()
+  status = repo.status(ctx.p1().node(), ctx.node())
+  mods = status[0]
+  added = status[1]
+  deleted = status[2]
+  
+  print '    <changeset>'
+  print '      <id>' + str(i) + ':' + hex(ctx.node()[:6]) + '</id>'
+  print '      <author>' + escape(ctx.user()) + '</author>'
+  print '      <description>' + escape(ctx.description()) + '</description>'
+  print '      <date>' + str(time).split('.')[0] + '</date>'
+  
+  # branches
+  if branch != 'default':
+    print '      <branches>'
+    print '        <branch>' + branch + '</branch>'
+    print '      </branches>'
+
+  # tags
+  if tags:
+    print '      <tags>'
+    for t in tags:
+      print '        <tag>' + t + '</tag>'
+    print '      </tags>'
+    
+  # modifications
+  print '      <modifications>'
+  
+  # files added 
+  if added:
+    print '        <added>'
+    for add in added:
+      print '          <file>' + add + '</file>'
+    print '        </added>'
+
+  # files modified
+  if mods:
+    print '        <modified>'
+    for mod in mods:
+      print '          <file>' + mod + '</file>'
+    print '        </modified>'
+
+  # files deleted
+  if deleted:
+    print '        <deleted>'
+    for dele in deleted:
+      print '          <file>' + dele + '</file>'
+    print '        </deleted>'    
+    
+  print '      </modifications>'
+  print '    </changeset>'
+  
+# footer
+print '  </changesets>'
+print '</changeset-paging>'