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diff --git a/contrib/remote-helpers/README b/contrib/remote-helpers/README
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+The remote-helper bridges to access data stored in Mercurial and
+Bazaar are maintained outside the git.git tree in the repositories
+of their primary author:
+
+    https://github.com/felipec/git-remote-hg (for Mercurial)
+    https://github.com/felipec/git-remote-bzr (for Bazaar)
+
+You can pick a directory on your $PATH and download them from these
+repositories, e.g.:
+
+  $ wget -O $HOME/bin/git-remote-hg \
+    https://raw.github.com/felipec/git-remote-hg/master/git-remote-hg
+  $ wget -O $HOME/bin/git-remote-bzr \
+    https://raw.github.com/felipec/git-remote-bzr/master/git-remote-bzr
+  $ chmod +x $HOME/bin/git-remote-hg $HOME/bin/git-remote-bzr
diff --git a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-bzr b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-bzr
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import sys
+
+sys.stderr.write('WARNING: git-remote-bzr is now maintained independently.\n')
+sys.stderr.write('WARNING: For more information visit https://github.com/felipec/git-remote-bzr\n')
+
+sys.stderr.write('''WARNING:
+WARNING: You can pick a directory on your $PATH and download it, e.g.:
+WARNING:   $ wget -O $HOME/bin/git-remote-bzr \\
+WARNING:     https://raw.github.com/felipec/git-remote-bzr/master/git-remote-bzr
+WARNING:   $ chmod +x $HOME/bin/git-remote-bzr
+''')
diff --git a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import sys
+
+sys.stderr.write('WARNING: git-remote-hg is now maintained independently.\n')
+sys.stderr.write('WARNING: For more information visit https://github.com/felipec/git-remote-hg\n')
+
+sys.stderr.write('''WARNING:
+WARNING: You can pick a directory on your $PATH and download it, e.g.:
+WARNING:   $ wget -O $HOME/bin/git-remote-hg \\
+WARNING:     https://raw.github.com/felipec/git-remote-hg/master/git-remote-hg
+WARNING:   $ chmod +x $HOME/bin/git-remote-hg
+''')