def METHOD_NAME():
    directory = mkdtemp()
    path = get_readthedocs_app_path()
    sample = abspath(pjoin(path, "rtd_tests/fixtures/sample_repo"))
    directory = pjoin(directory, "sample_repo")
    copytree(sample, directory)
    chdir(directory)
    hguser = "Test User <test-user@readthedocs.org>"
    log.info(check_output(["hg", "init"] + [directory]))
    log.info(check_output(["hg", "add", "."]))
    log.info(check_output(["hg", "commit", "-u", hguser, '-m"init"']))
    return directory