Patchwork D7173: packaging: stage files and dynamically generate WiX installer

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Date Oct. 24, 2019, 1:56 a.m.
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phabricator - Oct. 24, 2019, 1:56 a.m.
indygreg created this revision.
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REVISION SUMMARY
  Like we did for Inno, we want to make the WiX installer
  "dumb" and simply consume source files from a directory
  tree rather than have to define every single file in
  installer files. This will greatly decrease the amount of
  effort required to maintain the WiX installer since we don't
  have to think that much about keeping files in sync.
  
  This commit changes the WiX packager to populate a staging
  directory as part of packaging. After it does so, it scans
  that directory and dynamically generates WiX XML defining the
  content within.
  
  The IDs and GUIDs being generated are deterministic. So,
  upgrades should work as expected in Windows Installer land.
  (WiX has a "heat" tool that can generate XML by walking the
  filesystem but it doesn't have this propertly, sadly.)
  
  As part of this change, GUIDs are now effectively reset.
  So the next upgrade should be a complete wipe and replace.
  This could potentially cause issues. But in my local testing,
  I was able to upgrade an existing 5.1.2 install without
  issue.
  
  Compared to the previous commit, the installed files differ
  in the following:
  
  - A ReleaseNotes.txt file is now included
  - A hgrc.d/editor.rc file is now generated (mercurial.rc has been updated to reflect this logical change to the content source)
  - An hg.exe.local file is now created (this enabled dynamic link library redirection, which is desired)
  - All files are marked as read-only. Previously, only a subset of files were. This should help prevent unwanted tampering. Although we may want to consider use cases like modifying template files...
  
  This change also means that Inno and WiX are now using very
  similar code for managing the install layout. This means
  that on disk both packages are nearly identical. The
  differences in install layout are as follows:
  
  - Inno has a Copying.txt vs a COPYING.rtf for WiX. (The WiX installer wants to use RTF.)
  - Inno has a Mercurial.url file that is an internet shortcut to www.mercurial-scm.org. (This could potentially be removed.)
  - Inno includes msvc[mpr]90.dll files and WiX does not. (WiX installs the MSVC runtime via merge modules.)
  - Inno includes unins000.{dat,exe} files. (WiX's state is managed by Windows Installer, which places things elsewhere.)
  
  Because file lists are dynamically generated now, the test
  ensuring things remain in sync has been deleted. Good riddance.
  
  While this is a huge step towards unifying the Windows installers,
  there's still some improvements that can be made. But I think
  it is worth celebrating the milestone of getting both Inno
  and WiX to essentially share core packaging code and workflows.
  That should make it much easier to change the installers going
  forward. This will aid support of Python 3.

REPOSITORY
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REVISION DETAIL
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AFFECTED FILES
  contrib/packaging/hgpackaging/py2exe.py
  contrib/packaging/hgpackaging/wix.py
  contrib/packaging/wix/contrib.wxs
  contrib/packaging/wix/dist.wxs
  contrib/packaging/wix/doc.wxs
  contrib/packaging/wix/guids.wxi
  contrib/packaging/wix/help.wxs
  contrib/packaging/wix/locale.wxs
  contrib/packaging/wix/mercurial.wxs
  contrib/packaging/wix/templates.wxs
  contrib/win32/mercurial.ini
  tests/test-install.t

CHANGE DETAILS




To: indygreg, #hg-reviewers
Cc: mercurial-devel
phabricator - Nov. 8, 2019, 10:44 p.m.
indygreg added a comment.
indygreg abandoned this revision.


  This has conflicts on rebase.

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To: indygreg, #hg-reviewers
Cc: mercurial-devel
phabricator - Nov. 11, 2019, 9:06 p.m.
This revision now requires changes to proceed.
durin42 added a comment.
durin42 requested changes to this revision.


  LG, but needs rebased.

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To: indygreg, #hg-reviewers, durin42
Cc: durin42, mercurial-devel
phabricator - Nov. 13, 2019, 4:47 a.m.
indygreg added a comment.


  This has been rebased and all dependent commits have landed. Please take another look, @durin42.

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To: indygreg, #hg-reviewers, durin42
Cc: durin42, mercurial-devel
phabricator - Feb. 1, 2020, 4:38 a.m.
mharbison72 added a comment.


  > This change also means that Inno and WiX are now using very similar code for managing the install layout. This means that on disk both packages are nearly identical. The differences in install layout are as follows:
  > ...
  
  I diffed the WiX and Inno installs side by side, and there are a few more differences right before the 5.3 release.  I don't think there's anything critical, but just in case there could be an issue:
  
  - Inno installs `backports.configparser`, `certifi`, `dulwich`, `keyring`, `urllib3`, and `win32ctypes` in library.zip.
  - Inno installs additional *.pyc files in `wsgiref`.
  - ConfigParser.pyc is 24K in WiX, 1.5K in Inno.  Probably related to the backport package being present in Inno.
  - WiX installs a `mercurial.rc`, corresponding to `contrib/win32/mercurial.ini`; Inno does not.
  
  Presumably `dulwich` and `keyring` were thrown in previously to support 3rd party extensions.  Should we do that with WiX?  Before the release?  What about the other discrepancies?

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To: indygreg, #hg-reviewers, durin42
Cc: mharbison72, durin42, mercurial-devel
phabricator - Feb. 1, 2020, 5:01 a.m.
indygreg added a comment.


  In D7173#118947 <https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D7173#118947>, @mharbison72 wrote:
  
  >> This change also means that Inno and WiX are now using very similar code for managing the install layout. This means that on disk both packages are nearly identical. The differences in install layout are as follows:
  >> ...
  >
  > I diffed the WiX and Inno installs side by side, and there are a few more differences right before the 5.3 release.  I don't think there's anything critical, but just in case there could be an issue:
  >
  > - Inno installs `backports.configparser`, `certifi`, `dulwich`, `keyring`, `urllib3`, and `win32ctypes` in library.zip.
  
  I think these are related to `TortoiseHg` somehow. But I could be wrong about that. I'd favor unifying the set of packages between the installers so everything is consistent.
  
  > - Inno installs additional *.pyc files in `wsgiref`.
  > - ConfigParser.pyc is 24K in WiX, 1.5K in Inno.  Probably related to the backport package being present in Inno.
  > - WiX installs a `mercurial.rc`, corresponding to `contrib/win32/mercurial.ini`; Inno does not.
  
  I thought I had fixed this discrepancy...
  
  Anyway, I will stamp any patches to converge the final install layout. As for what release, I don't have strong opinions. The Python 3 installer (presumably next release) would be a good time to make any significant changes we're scared of.

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To: indygreg, #hg-reviewers, durin42
Cc: mharbison72, durin42, mercurial-devel

Patch

diff --git a/tests/test-install.t b/tests/test-install.t
--- a/tests/test-install.t
+++ b/tests/test-install.t
@@ -162,80 +162,6 @@ 
     "fsmonitor-watchman": "false",
     "fsmonitor-watchman-error": "warning: Watchman unavailable: watchman exited with code 1",
 
-
-#if test-repo
-  $ . "$TESTDIR/helpers-testrepo.sh"
-
-  $ cat >> wixxml.py << EOF
-  > import os
-  > import subprocess
-  > import sys
-  > import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
-  > from mercurial import pycompat
-  > 
-  > # MSYS mangles the path if it expands $TESTDIR
-  > testdir = os.environ['TESTDIR']
-  > ns = {'wix' : 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi'}
-  > 
-  > def directory(node, relpath):
-  >     '''generator of files in the xml node, rooted at relpath'''
-  >     dirs = node.findall('./{%(wix)s}Directory' % ns)
-  > 
-  >     for d in dirs:
-  >         for subfile in directory(d, relpath + d.attrib['Name'] + '/'):
-  >             yield subfile
-  > 
-  >     files = node.findall('./{%(wix)s}Component/{%(wix)s}File' % ns)
-  > 
-  >     for f in files:
-  >         yield pycompat.sysbytes(relpath + f.attrib['Name'])
-  > 
-  > def hgdirectory(relpath):
-  >     '''generator of tracked files, rooted at relpath'''
-  >     hgdir = "%s/../mercurial" % (testdir)
-  >     args = ['hg', '--cwd', hgdir, 'files', relpath]
-  >     proc = subprocess.Popen(args, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
-  >                             stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-  >     output = proc.communicate()[0]
-  > 
-  >     for line in output.splitlines():
-  >         if os.name == 'nt':
-  >             yield line.replace(pycompat.sysbytes(os.sep), b'/')
-  >         else:
-  >             yield line
-  > 
-  > tracked = [f for f in hgdirectory(sys.argv[1])]
-  > 
-  > xml = ET.parse("%s/../contrib/packaging/wix/%s.wxs" % (testdir, sys.argv[1]))
-  > root = xml.getroot()
-  > dir = root.find('.//{%(wix)s}DirectoryRef' % ns)
-  > 
-  > installed = [f for f in directory(dir, '')]
-  > 
-  > print('Not installed:')
-  > for f in sorted(set(tracked) - set(installed)):
-  >     print('  %s' % pycompat.sysstr(f))
-  > 
-  > print('Not tracked:')
-  > for f in sorted(set(installed) - set(tracked)):
-  >     print('  %s' % pycompat.sysstr(f))
-  > EOF
-
-  $ ( testrepohgenv; "$PYTHON" wixxml.py help )
-  Not installed:
-    help/common.txt
-    help/hg-ssh.8.txt
-    help/hg.1.txt
-    help/hgignore.5.txt
-    help/hgrc.5.txt
-  Not tracked:
-
-  $ ( testrepohgenv; "$PYTHON" wixxml.py templates )
-  Not installed:
-  Not tracked:
-
-#endif
-
 #if py3
   $ HGALLOWPYTHON3=1
   $ export HGALLOWPYTHON3
diff --git a/contrib/win32/mercurial.ini b/contrib/win32/mercurial.ini
--- a/contrib/win32/mercurial.ini
+++ b/contrib/win32/mercurial.ini
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ 
 
 [ui]
 ; editor used to enter commit logs, etc.  Most text editors will work.
-editor = notepad

+; editor = notepad

 ; show changed files and be a bit more verbose if True
 ; verbose = True
 ; colorize commands output
diff --git a/contrib/packaging/wix/templates.wxs b/contrib/packaging/wix/templates.wxs
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/contrib/packaging/wix/templates.wxs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,251 +0,0 @@ 
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
-
-  <?include guids.wxi ?>
-  <?include defines.wxi ?>
-
-  <Fragment>
-    <ComponentGroup Id="templatesFolder">
-
-      <ComponentRef Id="templates.root" />
-
-      <ComponentRef Id="templates.atom" />
-      <ComponentRef Id="templates.coal" />
-      <ComponentRef Id="templates.gitweb" />
-      <ComponentRef Id="templates.json" />
-      <ComponentRef Id="templates.monoblue" />
-      <ComponentRef Id="templates.paper" />
-      <ComponentRef Id="templates.raw" />
-      <ComponentRef Id="templates.rss" />
-      <ComponentRef Id="templates.spartan" />
-      <ComponentRef Id="templates.static" />
-
-    </ComponentGroup>
-  </Fragment>
-
-  <Fragment>
-    <DirectoryRef Id="INSTALLDIR">
-
-      <Directory Id="templatesdir" Name="templates" FileSource="$(var.SourceDir)">
-
-        <Component Id="templates.root" Guid="$(var.templates.root.guid)" Win64='$(var.IsX64)'>
-          <File Name="map-cmdline.changelog" KeyPath="yes" />
-          <File Name="map-cmdline.compact" />
-          <File Name="map-cmdline.default" />
-          <File Name="map-cmdline.show" />
-          <File Name="map-cmdline.bisect" />
-          <File Name="map-cmdline.xml" />
-          <File Name="map-cmdline.status" />
-          <File Name="map-cmdline.phases" />
-        </Component>
-
-        <Directory Id="templates.jsondir" Name="json">
-          <Component Id="templates.json" Guid="$(var.templates.json.guid)" Win64='$(var.IsX64)'>
-            <File Id="json.changelist.tmpl" Name="changelist.tmpl" KeyPath="yes" />
-            <File Id="json.graph.tmpl"      Name="graph.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="json.map"             Name="map" />
-          </Component>
-        </Directory>
-
-        <Directory Id="templates.atomdir" Name="atom">
-          <Component Id="templates.atom" Guid="$(var.templates.atom.guid)" Win64='$(var.IsX64)'>
-            <File Id="atom.changelog.tmpl"      Name="changelog.tmpl" KeyPath="yes" />
-            <File Id="atom.changelogentry.tmpl" Name="changelogentry.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="atom.error.tmpl"          Name="error.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="atom.filelog.tmpl"        Name="filelog.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="atom.header.tmpl"         Name="header.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="atom.map"                 Name="map" />
-            <File Id="atom.tagentry.tmpl"       Name="tagentry.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="atom.tags.tmpl"           Name="tags.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="atom.branchentry.tmpl"    Name="branchentry.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="atom.branches.tmpl"       Name="branches.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="atom.bookmarks.tmpl"      Name="bookmarks.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="atom.bookmarkentry.tmpl"  Name="bookmarkentry.tmpl" />
-          </Component>
-        </Directory>
-
-        <Directory Id="templates.coaldir" Name="coal">
-          <Component Id="templates.coal" Guid="$(var.templates.coal.guid)" Win64='$(var.IsX64)'>
-            <File Id="coal.header.tmpl" Name="header.tmpl" KeyPath="yes" />
-            <File Id="coal.map"         Name="map" />
-          </Component>
-        </Directory>
-
-        <Directory Id="templates.gitwebdir" Name="gitweb">
-          <Component Id="templates.gitweb" Guid="$(var.templates.gitweb.guid)" Win64='$(var.IsX64)'>
-            <File Id="gitweb.branches.tmpl"       Name="branches.tmpl" KeyPath="yes" />
-            <File Id="gitweb.bookmarks.tmpl"      Name="bookmarks.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="gitweb.changelog.tmpl"      Name="changelog.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="gitweb.changelogentry.tmpl" Name="changelogentry.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="gitweb.changeset.tmpl"      Name="changeset.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="gitweb.error.tmpl"          Name="error.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="gitweb.fileannotate.tmpl"   Name="fileannotate.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="gitweb.filecomparison.tmpl" Name="filecomparison.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="gitweb.filediff.tmpl"       Name="filediff.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="gitweb.filelog.tmpl"        Name="filelog.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="gitweb.filerevision.tmpl"   Name="filerevision.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="gitweb.footer.tmpl"         Name="footer.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="gitweb.graph.tmpl"          Name="graph.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="gitweb.graphentry.tmpl"     Name="graphentry.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="gitweb.header.tmpl"         Name="header.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="gitweb.index.tmpl"          Name="index.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="gitweb.manifest.tmpl"       Name="manifest.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="gitweb.map"                 Name="map" />
-            <File Id="gitweb.notfound.tmpl"       Name="notfound.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="gitweb.search.tmpl"         Name="search.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="gitweb.shortlog.tmpl"       Name="shortlog.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="gitweb.summary.tmpl"        Name="summary.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="gitweb.tags.tmpl"           Name="tags.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="gitweb.help.tmpl"           Name="help.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="gitweb.helptopics.tmpl"     Name="helptopics.tmpl" />
-          </Component>
-        </Directory>
-
-        <Directory Id="templates.monobluedir" Name="monoblue">
-          <Component Id="templates.monoblue" Guid="$(var.templates.monoblue.guid)" Win64='$(var.IsX64)'>
-            <File Id="monoblue.branches.tmpl"       Name="branches.tmpl" KeyPath="yes" />
-            <File Id="monoblue.bookmarks.tmpl"      Name="bookmarks.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="monoblue.changelog.tmpl"      Name="changelog.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="monoblue.changelogentry.tmpl" Name="changelogentry.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="monoblue.changeset.tmpl"      Name="changeset.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="monoblue.error.tmpl"          Name="error.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="monoblue.fileannotate.tmpl"   Name="fileannotate.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="monoblue.filecomparison.tmpl" Name="filecomparison.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="monoblue.filediff.tmpl"       Name="filediff.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="monoblue.filelog.tmpl"        Name="filelog.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="monoblue.filerevision.tmpl"   Name="filerevision.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="monoblue.footer.tmpl"         Name="footer.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="monoblue.graph.tmpl"          Name="graph.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="monoblue.graphentry.tmpl"     Name="graphentry.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="monoblue.header.tmpl"         Name="header.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="monoblue.index.tmpl"          Name="index.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="monoblue.manifest.tmpl"       Name="manifest.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="monoblue.map"                 Name="map" />
-            <File Id="monoblue.notfound.tmpl"       Name="notfound.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="monoblue.search.tmpl"         Name="search.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="monoblue.shortlog.tmpl"       Name="shortlog.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="monoblue.summary.tmpl"        Name="summary.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="monoblue.tags.tmpl"           Name="tags.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="monoblue.help.tmpl"           Name="help.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="monoblue.helptopics.tmpl"     Name="helptopics.tmpl" />
-          </Component>
-        </Directory>
-
-        <Directory Id="templates.paperdir" Name="paper">
-          <Component Id="templates.paper" Guid="$(var.templates.paper.guid)" Win64='$(var.IsX64)'>
-            <File Id="paper.branches.tmpl"      Name="branches.tmpl" KeyPath="yes" />
-            <File Id="paper.bookmarks.tmpl"     Name="bookmarks.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="paper.changeset.tmpl"     Name="changeset.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="paper.diffstat.tmpl"      Name="diffstat.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="paper.error.tmpl"         Name="error.tmpl" />
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-
-        <Directory Id="templates.spartandir" Name="spartan">
-          <Component Id="templates.spartan" Guid="$(var.templates.spartan.guid)" Win64='$(var.IsX64)'>
-            <File Id="spartan.branches.tmpl"       Name="branches.tmpl" KeyPath="yes" />
-            <File Id="spartan.changelog.tmpl"      Name="changelog.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="spartan.changelogentry.tmpl" Name="changelogentry.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="spartan.changeset.tmpl"      Name="changeset.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="spartan.error.tmpl"          Name="error.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="spartan.fileannotate.tmpl"   Name="fileannotate.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="spartan.filediff.tmpl"       Name="filediff.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="spartan.filelog.tmpl"        Name="filelog.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="spartan.filelogentry.tmpl"   Name="filelogentry.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="spartan.filerevision.tmpl"   Name="filerevision.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="spartan.footer.tmpl"         Name="footer.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="spartan.graph.tmpl"          Name="graph.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="spartan.graphentry.tmpl"     Name="graphentry.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="spartan.header.tmpl"         Name="header.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="spartan.index.tmpl"          Name="index.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="spartan.manifest.tmpl"       Name="manifest.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="spartan.map"                 Name="map" />
-            <File Id="spartan.notfound.tmpl"       Name="notfound.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="spartan.search.tmpl"         Name="search.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="spartan.shortlog.tmpl"       Name="shortlog.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="spartan.shortlogentry.tmpl"  Name="shortlogentry.tmpl" />
-            <File Id="spartan.tags.tmpl"           Name="tags.tmpl" />
-          </Component>
-        </Directory>
-
-        <Directory Id="templates.staticdir" Name="static">
-          <Component Id="templates.static" Guid="$(var.templates.static.guid)" Win64='$(var.IsX64)'>
-            <File Id="static.background.png"     Name="background.png" KeyPath="yes" />
-            <File Id="static.coal.file.png"      Name="coal-file.png" />
-            <File Id="static.coal.folder.png"    Name="coal-folder.png" />
-            <File Id="static.followlines.js"     Name="followlines.js" />
-            <File Id="static.mercurial.js"       Name="mercurial.js" />
-            <File Id="static.hgicon.png"         Name="hgicon.png" />
-            <File Id="static.hglogo.png"         Name="hglogo.png" />
-            <File Id="static.style.coal.css"     Name="style-extra-coal.css" />
-            <File Id="static.style.gitweb.css"   Name="style-gitweb.css" />
-            <File Id="static.style.monoblue.css" Name="style-monoblue.css" />
-            <File Id="static.style.paper.css"    Name="style-paper.css" />
-            <File Id="static.style.css"          Name="style.css" />
-            <File Id="static.feed.icon"          Name="feed-icon-14x14.png" />
-          </Component>
-        </Directory>
-
-      </Directory>
-
-    </DirectoryRef>
-  </Fragment>
-
- </Wix>
diff --git a/contrib/packaging/wix/mercurial.wxs b/contrib/packaging/wix/mercurial.wxs
--- a/contrib/packaging/wix/mercurial.wxs
+++ b/contrib/packaging/wix/mercurial.wxs
@@ -60,30 +60,10 @@ 
       <Directory Id='$(var.PFolder)' Name='PFiles'>
         <Directory Id='INSTALLDIR' Name='Mercurial'>
           <Component Id='MainExecutable' Guid='$(var.ComponentMainExecutableGUID)' Win64='$(var.IsX64)'>
-            <File Id='hgEXE' Name='hg.exe' Source='dist\hg.exe' KeyPath='yes' />
+            <CreateFolder />
             <Environment Id="Environment" Name="PATH" Part="last" System="yes"
                          Permanent="no" Value="[INSTALLDIR]" Action="set" />
           </Component>
-          <Component Id='ReadMe' Guid='$(var.ReadMe.guid)' Win64='$(var.IsX64)'>
-              <File Id='ReadMe' Name='ReadMe.html' Source='contrib\win32\ReadMe.html'
-                    KeyPath='yes'/>
-          </Component>
-          <Component Id='COPYING' Guid='$(var.COPYING.guid)' Win64='$(var.IsX64)'>
-            <File Id='COPYING' Name='COPYING.rtf' Source='contrib\packaging\wix\COPYING.rtf'
-                  KeyPath='yes'/>
-          </Component>
-
-          <Directory Id='HGRCD' Name='hgrc.d'>
-            <Component Id='mercurial.rc' Guid='$(var.mercurial.rc.guid)' Win64='$(var.IsX64)'>
-              <File Id='mercurial.rc' Name='mercurial.rc' Source='contrib\win32\mercurial.ini'
-                    ReadOnly='yes' KeyPath='yes'/>
-            </Component>
-            <Component Id='mergetools.rc' Guid='$(var.mergetools.rc.guid)' Win64='$(var.IsX64)'>
-              <File Id='mergetools.rc' Name='mergetools.rc' Source='mercurial\default.d\mergetools.rc'
-                    ReadOnly='yes' KeyPath='yes'/>
-            </Component>
-          </Directory>
-
         </Directory>
       </Directory>
 
@@ -117,15 +97,12 @@ 
       <Feature Id='MainProgram' Title='Program' Description='Mercurial command line app'
              Level='1' Absent='disallow' >
         <ComponentRef Id='MainExecutable' />
-        <ComponentRef Id='distOutput' />
-        <ComponentRef Id='libOutput' />
         <ComponentRef Id='ProgramMenuDir' />
-        <ComponentRef Id='ReadMe' />
-        <ComponentRef Id='COPYING' />
-        <ComponentRef Id='mercurial.rc' />
-        <ComponentRef Id='mergetools.rc' />
-        <ComponentGroupRef Id='helpFolder' />
-        <ComponentGroupRef Id='templatesFolder' />
+        <ComponentGroupRef Id="hg.group.ROOT" />
+        <ComponentGroupRef Id="hg.group.hgrc.d" />
+        <ComponentGroupRef Id="hg.group.help" />
+        <ComponentGroupRef Id="hg.group.lib" />
+        <ComponentGroupRef Id="hg.group.templates" />
         <MergeRef Id='VCRuntime' />
         <MergeRef Id='VCRuntimePolicy' />
       </Feature>
@@ -135,13 +112,13 @@ 
         <?endforeach?>
       <?endif?>
       <Feature Id='Locales' Title='Translations' Description='Translations' Level='1'>
-        <ComponentGroupRef Id='localeFolder' />
+        <ComponentGroupRef Id="hg.group.locale" />
       </Feature>
       <Feature Id='Documentation' Title='Documentation' Description='HTML man pages' Level='1'>
-        <ComponentGroupRef Id='docFolder' />
+        <ComponentGroupRef Id="hg.group.doc" />
       </Feature>
       <Feature Id='Misc' Title='Miscellaneous' Description='Contributed scripts' Level='1'>
-        <ComponentGroupRef Id='contribFolder' />
+        <ComponentGroupRef Id="hg.group.contrib" />
       </Feature>
     </Feature>
 
diff --git a/contrib/packaging/wix/locale.wxs b/contrib/packaging/wix/locale.wxs
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/contrib/packaging/wix/locale.wxs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@ 
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
-
-  <?include defines.wxi ?>
-
-  <?define hglocales =
-    da;de;el;fr;it;ja;pt_BR;ro;ru;sv;zh_CN;zh_TW
-  ?>
-
-  <Fragment>
-    <ComponentGroup Id="localeFolder">
-      <?foreach LOC in $(var.hglocales) ?>
-        <ComponentRef Id="hg.locale.$(var.LOC)"/>
-      <?endforeach?>
-    </ComponentGroup>
-  </Fragment>
-
-  <Fragment>
-    <DirectoryRef Id="INSTALLDIR">
-      <Directory Id="localedir" Name="locale" FileSource="$(var.SourceDir)">
-        <?foreach LOC in $(var.hglocales) ?>
-          <Directory Id="hg.locale.$(var.LOC)" Name="$(var.LOC)">
-            <Directory Id="hg.locale.$(var.LOC).LC_MESSAGES" Name="LC_MESSAGES">
-              <Component Id="hg.locale.$(var.LOC)" Guid="*" Win64='$(var.IsX64)'>
-                <File Id="hg.mo.$(var.LOC)" Name="hg.mo" KeyPath="yes" />
-              </Component>
-            </Directory>
-          </Directory>
-        <?endforeach?>
-      </Directory>
-    </DirectoryRef>
-  </Fragment>
-
-</Wix>
diff --git a/contrib/packaging/wix/help.wxs b/contrib/packaging/wix/help.wxs
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/contrib/packaging/wix/help.wxs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@ 
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
-
-  <?include guids.wxi ?>
-  <?include defines.wxi ?>
-
-  <Fragment>
-    <ComponentGroup Id='helpFolder'>
-      <ComponentRef Id='help.root' />
-      <ComponentRef Id='help.internals' />
-    </ComponentGroup>
-  </Fragment>
-
-  <Fragment>
-    <DirectoryRef Id="INSTALLDIR">
-      <Directory Id="helpdir" Name="help" FileSource="$(var.SourceDir)">
-        <Component Id="help.root" Guid="$(var.help.root.guid)" Win64='$(var.IsX64)'>
-          <File Name="bundlespec.txt" />
-          <File Name="color.txt" />
-          <File Name="common.txt" />
-          <File Name="config.txt" KeyPath="yes" />
-          <File Name="dates.txt" />
-          <File Name="deprecated.txt" />
-          <File Name="diffs.txt" />
-          <File Name="environment.txt" />
-          <File Name="extensions.txt" />
-          <File Name="filesets.txt" />
-          <File Name="flags.txt" />
-          <File Name="glossary.txt" />
-          <File Name="hg-ssh.8.txt" />
-          <File Name="hg.1.txt" />
-          <File Name="hgignore.5.txt" />
-          <File Name="hgignore.txt" />
-          <File Name="hgrc.5.txt" />
-          <File Name="hgweb.txt" />
-          <File Name="merge-tools.txt" />
-          <File Name="pager.txt" />
-          <File Name="patterns.txt" />
-          <File Name="phases.txt" />
-          <File Name="revisions.txt" />
-          <File Name="scripting.txt" />
-          <File Name="subrepos.txt" />
-          <File Name="templates.txt" />
-          <File Name="urls.txt" />
-        </Component>
-
-        <Directory Id="help.internaldir" Name="internals">
-          <Component Id="help.internals" Guid="$(var.help.internals.guid)" Win64='$(var.IsX64)'>
-            <File Id="internals.bundle2.txt"      Name="bundle2.txt" />
-            <File Id="internals.bundles.txt"      Name="bundles.txt" KeyPath="yes" />
-            <File Id="internals.cbor.txt"         Name="cbor.txt" />
-            <File Id="internals.censor.txt"       Name="censor.txt" />
-            <File Id="internals.changegroups.txt" Name="changegroups.txt" />
-            <File Id="internals.config.txt"       Name="config.txt" />
-            <File Id="internals.extensions.txt"   Name="extensions.txt" />
-            <File Id="internals.linelog.txt"      Name="linelog.txt" />
-            <File Id="internals.mergestate.txt"   Name="mergestate.txt" />
-            <File Id="internals.requirements.txt" Name="requirements.txt" />
-            <File Id="internals.revlogs.txt"      Name="revlogs.txt" />
-            <File Id="internals.wireprotocol.txt" Name="wireprotocol.txt" />
-            <File Id="internals.wireprotocolrpc.txt" Name="wireprotocolrpc.txt" />
-            <File Id="internals.wireprotocolv2.txt" Name="wireprotocolv2.txt" />
-          </Component>
-        </Directory>
-
-      </Directory>
-    </DirectoryRef>
-  </Fragment>
-
-</Wix>
diff --git a/contrib/packaging/wix/guids.wxi b/contrib/packaging/wix/guids.wxi
--- a/contrib/packaging/wix/guids.wxi
+++ b/contrib/packaging/wix/guids.wxi
@@ -4,46 +4,9 @@ 
        and replace 'Mercurial' in this notice with the name of
        your project. Component GUIDs have global namespace!      -->
 
-  <!-- contrib.wxs -->
-  <?define contrib.guid = {4E11FFC2-E2F7-482A-8460-9394B5489F02} ?>
-  <?define contrib.vim.guid = {BB04903A-652D-4C4F-9590-2BD07A2304F2} ?>
-
-  <!-- dist.wxs -->
-  <?define dist.guid = {CE405FE6-CD1E-4873-9C9A-7683AE5A3D90} ?>
-  <?define lib.guid = {877633b5-0b7e-4b46-8f1c-224a61733297} ?>
-
-  <!-- doc.wxs -->
-  <?define doc.hg.1.html.guid = {AAAA3FDA-EDC5-4220-B59D-D342722358A2} ?>
-  <?define doc.hgignore.5.html.guid = {AA9118C4-F3A0-4429-A5F4-5A1906B2D67F} ?>
-  <?define doc.hgrc.5.html = {E0CEA1EB-FA01-408c-844B-EE5965165BAE} ?>
-  <?define doc.style.css = {172F8262-98E0-4711-BD39-4DAE0D77EF05} ?>
-
-  <!-- help.wxs -->
-  <?define help.root.guid = {9FA957DB-6DFE-44f2-AD03-293B2791CF17} ?>
-  <?define help.internals.guid = {2DD7669D-0DB8-4C39-9806-78E6475E7ACC} ?>
-
-  <!-- templates.wxs -->
-  <?define templates.root.guid = {437FD55C-7756-4EA0-87E5-FDBE75DC8595} ?>
-  <?define templates.atom.guid = {D30E14A5-8AF0-4268-8B00-00BEE9E09E39} ?>
-  <?define templates.coal.guid = {B63CCAAB-4EAF-43b4-901E-4BD13F5B78FC} ?>
-  <?define templates.gitweb.guid = {827334AF-1EFD-421B-962C-5660A068F612} ?>
-  <?define templates.json.guid = {F535BE7A-EC34-46E0-B9BE-013F3DBAFB19} ?>
-  <?define templates.monoblue.guid = {8060A1E4-BD4C-453E-92CB-9536DC44A9E3} ?>
-  <?define templates.paper.guid = {61AB1DE9-645F-46ED-8AF8-0CF02267FFBB} ?>
-  <?define templates.raw.guid = {834DF8D7-9784-43A6-851D-A96CE1B3575B} ?>
-  <?define templates.rss.guid = {9338FA09-E128-4B1C-B723-1142DBD09E14} ?>
-  <?define templates.spartan.guid = {80222625-FA8F-44b1-86CE-1781EF375D09} ?>
-  <?define templates.static.guid = {6B3D7C24-98DA-4B67-9F18-35F77357B0B4} ?>
-
   <!-- mercurial.wxs -->
   <?define ProductUpgradeCode = {A1CC6134-E945-4399-BE36-EB0017FDF7CF} ?>
-
   <?define ComponentMainExecutableGUID = {D102B8FA-059B-4ACC-9FA3-8C78C3B58EEF} ?>
-
-  <?define ReadMe.guid = {56A8E372-991D-4DCA-B91D-93D775974CF5} ?>
-  <?define COPYING.guid = {B7801DBA-1C49-4BF4-91AD-33C65F5C7895} ?>
-  <?define mercurial.rc.guid = {52BBF223-58F6-47F5-9353-8FDEA88D9B8D} ?>
-  <?define mergetools.rc.guid = {5AF0430B-2B76-4BC6-91EE-E771B74A0214} ?>
   <?define ProgramMenuDir.guid = {D5A63320-1238-489B-B68B-CF053E9577CA} ?>
 
 </Include>
diff --git a/contrib/packaging/wix/doc.wxs b/contrib/packaging/wix/doc.wxs
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/contrib/packaging/wix/doc.wxs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@ 
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
-
-  <?include guids.wxi ?>
-  <?include defines.wxi ?>
-
-  <Fragment>
-    <ComponentGroup Id="docFolder">
-      <ComponentRef Id="doc.hg.1.html" />
-      <ComponentRef Id="doc.hgignore.5.html" />
-      <ComponentRef Id="doc.hgrc.5.html" />
-      <ComponentRef Id="doc.style.css" />
-    </ComponentGroup>
-  </Fragment>
-
-  <Fragment>
-    <DirectoryRef Id="INSTALLDIR">
-      <Directory Id="docdir" Name="doc" FileSource="$(var.SourceDir)">
-        <Component Id="doc.hg.1.html" Guid="$(var.doc.hg.1.html.guid)" Win64='$(var.IsX64)'>
-          <File Name="hg.1.html" KeyPath="yes">
-            <Shortcut Id="hg1StartMenu" Directory="ProgramMenuDir"
-                      Name="Mercurial Command Reference"
-                      Icon="hgIcon.ico" IconIndex="0" Advertise="yes"
-            />
-          </File>
-        </Component>
-        <Component Id="doc.hgignore.5.html" Guid="$(var.doc.hgignore.5.html.guid)" Win64='$(var.IsX64)'>
-          <File Name="hgignore.5.html" KeyPath="yes">
-            <Shortcut Id="hgignore5StartMenu" Directory="ProgramMenuDir"
-                      Name="Mercurial Ignore Files"
-                      Icon="hgIcon.ico" IconIndex="0" Advertise="yes"
-            />
-          </File>
-        </Component>
-        <Component Id="doc.hgrc.5.html" Guid="$(var.doc.hgrc.5.html)" Win64='$(var.IsX64)'>
-          <File Name="hgrc.5.html" KeyPath="yes">
-            <Shortcut Id="hgrc5StartMenu" Directory="ProgramMenuDir"
-                      Name="Mercurial Configuration Files"
-                      Icon="hgIcon.ico" IconIndex="0" Advertise="yes"
-            />
-          </File>
-        </Component>
-        <Component Id="doc.style.css" Guid="$(var.doc.style.css)" Win64='$(var.IsX64)'>
-          <File Name="style.css" KeyPath="yes" />
-        </Component>
-      </Directory>
-    </DirectoryRef>
-  </Fragment>
-
-</Wix>
diff --git a/contrib/packaging/wix/dist.wxs b/contrib/packaging/wix/dist.wxs
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/contrib/packaging/wix/dist.wxs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@ 
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
-
-  <?include guids.wxi ?>
-  <?include defines.wxi ?>
-
-  <Fragment>
-    <DirectoryRef Id="INSTALLDIR" FileSource="$(var.SourceDir)">
-      <Component Id="distOutput" Guid="$(var.dist.guid)" Win64='$(var.IsX64)'>
-        <File Name="python27.dll" KeyPath="yes" />
-      </Component>
-    </DirectoryRef>
-  </Fragment>
-
-</Wix>
diff --git a/contrib/packaging/wix/contrib.wxs b/contrib/packaging/wix/contrib.wxs
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/contrib/packaging/wix/contrib.wxs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@ 
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
-
-  <?include guids.wxi ?>
-  <?include defines.wxi ?>
-
-  <Fragment>
-    <ComponentGroup Id="contribFolder">
-      <ComponentRef Id="contrib" />
-      <ComponentRef Id="contrib.vim" />
-    </ComponentGroup>
-  </Fragment>
-
-  <Fragment>
-    <DirectoryRef Id="INSTALLDIR">
-      <Directory Id="contribdir" Name="contrib" FileSource="$(var.SourceDir)">
-        <Component Id="contrib" Guid="$(var.contrib.guid)" Win64='$(var.IsX64)'>
-          <File Name="bash_completion" KeyPath="yes" />
-          <File Name="hgk.tcl" Source="$(var.SourceDir)/hgk" />
-          <File Name="hgweb.fcgi" />
-          <File Name="hgweb.wsgi" />
-          <File Name="logo-droplets.svg" />
-          <File Name="mercurial.el" />
-          <File Name="mq.el" />
-          <File Name="tcsh_completion" />
-          <File Name="tcsh_completion_build.sh" />
-          <File Name="xml.rnc" />
-          <File Name="zsh_completion" />
-        </Component>
-        <Directory Id="vimdir" Name="vim">
-          <Component Id="contrib.vim" Guid="$(var.contrib.vim.guid)" Win64='$(var.IsX64)'>
-            <File Name="hg-menu.vim" KeyPath="yes" />
-            <File Name="HGAnnotate.vim" />
-            <File Name="hgcommand.vim" />
-            <File Name="patchreview.txt" />
-            <File Name="patchreview.vim" />
-            <File Name="hgtest.vim" />
-          </Component>
-        </Directory>
-      </Directory>
-    </DirectoryRef>
-  </Fragment>
-
-</Wix>
diff --git a/contrib/packaging/hgpackaging/wix.py b/contrib/packaging/hgpackaging/wix.py
--- a/contrib/packaging/hgpackaging/wix.py
+++ b/contrib/packaging/hgpackaging/wix.py
@@ -7,38 +7,60 @@ 
 
 # no-check-code because Python 3 native.
 
+import collections
 import os
 import pathlib
 import re
+import shutil
 import subprocess
-import tempfile
 import typing
+import uuid
 import xml.dom.minidom
 
 from .downloads import download_entry
-from .py2exe import build_py2exe
+from .py2exe import (
+    build_py2exe,
+    stage_install,
+)
 from .util import (
     extract_zip_to_directory,
+    process_install_rules,
     sign_with_signtool,
 )
 
 
-SUPPORT_WXS = [
-    ('contrib.wxs', r'contrib'),
-    ('dist.wxs', r'dist'),
-    ('doc.wxs', r'doc'),
-    ('help.wxs', r'mercurial\help'),
-    ('locale.wxs', r'mercurial\locale'),
-    ('templates.wxs', r'mercurial\templates'),
-]
-
-
 EXTRA_PACKAGES = {
     'distutils',
     'pygments',
 }
 
 
+EXTRA_INSTALL_RULES = [
+    ('contrib/packaging/wix/COPYING.rtf', 'COPYING.rtf'),
+    ('contrib/win32/mercurial.ini', 'hgrc.d/mercurial.rc'),
+]
+
+STAGING_REMOVE_FILES = [
+    # We use the RTF variant.
+    'copying.txt',
+]
+
+SHORTCUTS = {
+    # hg.1.html'
+    'hg.file.5d3e441c_28d9_5542_afd0_cdd4234f12d5': {
+        'Name': 'Mercurial Command Reference',
+    },
+    # hgignore.5.html
+    'hg.file.5757d8e0_f207_5e10_a2ec_3ba0a062f431': {
+        'Name': 'Mercurial Ignore Files',
+    },
+    # hgrc.5.html
+    'hg.file.92e605fd_1d1a_5dc6_9fc0_5d2998eb8f5e': {
+        'Name': 'Mercurial Configuration Files',
+    },
+}
+
+
 def find_version(source_dir: pathlib.Path):
     version_py = source_dir / 'mercurial' / '__version__.py'
 
@@ -147,49 +169,165 @@ 
     return post_build_sign
 
 
-LIBRARIES_XML = '''
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
-
-  <?include {wix_dir}/guids.wxi ?>
-  <?include {wix_dir}/defines.wxi ?>
+def make_files_xml(staging_dir: pathlib.Path, is_x64) -> str:
+    """Create XML string listing every file to be installed."""
 
-  <Fragment>
-    <DirectoryRef Id="INSTALLDIR" FileSource="$(var.SourceDir)">
-      <Directory Id="libdir" Name="lib" FileSource="$(var.SourceDir)/lib">
-        <Component Id="libOutput" Guid="$(var.lib.guid)" Win64='$(var.IsX64)'>
-        </Component>
-      </Directory>
-    </DirectoryRef>
-  </Fragment>
-</Wix>
-'''.lstrip()
+    # We derive GUIDs from a deterministic file path identifier.
+    # We shoehorn the name into something that looks like a URL because
+    # the UUID namespaces are supposed to work that way (even though
+    # the input data probably is never validated).
 
-
-def make_libraries_xml(wix_dir: pathlib.Path, dist_dir: pathlib.Path):
-    """Make XML data for library components WXS."""
-    # We can't use ElementTree because it doesn't handle the
-    # <?include ?> directives.
     doc = xml.dom.minidom.parseString(
-        LIBRARIES_XML.format(wix_dir=str(wix_dir))
+        '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>'
+        '<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">'
+        '</Wix>'
     )
 
-    component = doc.getElementsByTagName('Component')[0]
+    # Assemble the install layout by directory. This makes it easier to
+    # emit XML, since each directory has separate entities.
+    manifest = collections.defaultdict(dict)
+
+    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(staging_dir):
+        dirs.sort()
+
+        root = pathlib.Path(root)
+        rel_dir = root.relative_to(staging_dir)
+
+        for i in range(len(rel_dir.parts)):
+            parent = '/'.join(rel_dir.parts[0 : i + 1])
+            manifest.setdefault(parent, {})
+
+        for f in sorted(files):
+            full = root / f
+            manifest[str(rel_dir).replace('\\', '/')][full.name] = full
+
+    component_groups = collections.defaultdict(list)
+
+    # Now emit a <Fragment> for each directory.
+    # Each directory is composed of a <DirectoryRef> pointing to its parent
+    # and defines child <Directory>'s and a <Component> with all the files.
+    for dir_name, entries in sorted(manifest.items()):
+        # The directory id is derived from the path. But the root directory
+        # is special.
+        if dir_name == '.':
+            parent_directory_id = 'INSTALLDIR'
+        else:
+            parent_directory_id = 'hg.dir.%s' % dir_name.replace('/', '.')
 
-    f = doc.createElement('File')
-    f.setAttribute('Name', 'library.zip')
-    f.setAttribute('KeyPath', 'yes')
-    component.appendChild(f)
+        fragment = doc.createElement('Fragment')
+        directory_ref = doc.createElement('DirectoryRef')
+        directory_ref.setAttribute('Id', parent_directory_id)
+
+        # Add <Directory> entries for immediate children directories.
+        for possible_child in sorted(manifest.keys()):
+            if (
+                dir_name == '.'
+                and '/' not in possible_child
+                and possible_child != '.'
+            ):
+                child_directory_id = 'hg.dir.%s' % possible_child
+                name = possible_child
+            else:
+                if not possible_child.startswith('%s/' % dir_name):
+                    continue
+                name = possible_child[len(dir_name) + 1 :]
+                if '/' in name:
+                    continue
+
+                child_directory_id = 'hg.dir.%s' % possible_child.replace(
+                    '/', '.'
+                )
+
+            directory = doc.createElement('Directory')
+            directory.setAttribute('Id', child_directory_id)
+            directory.setAttribute('Name', name)
+            directory_ref.appendChild(directory)
+
+        # Add <Component>s for files in this directory.
+        for rel, source_path in sorted(entries.items()):
+            if dir_name == '.':
+                full_rel = rel
+            else:
+                full_rel = '%s/%s' % (dir_name, rel)
 
-    lib_dir = dist_dir / 'lib'
+            component_unique_id = (
+                'https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wix-installer/0/component/%s'
+                % full_rel
+            )
+            component_guid = uuid.uuid5(uuid.NAMESPACE_URL, component_unique_id)
+            component_id = 'hg.component.%s' % str(component_guid).replace(
+                '-', '_'
+            )
+
+            component = doc.createElement('Component')
+
+            component.setAttribute('Id', component_id)
+            component.setAttribute('Guid', str(component_guid).upper())
+            component.setAttribute('Win64', 'yes' if is_x64 else 'no')
+
+            # Assign this component to a top-level group.
+            if dir_name == '.':
+                component_groups['ROOT'].append(component_id)
+            elif '/' in dir_name:
+                component_groups[dir_name[0 : dir_name.index('/')]].append(
+                    component_id
+                )
+            else:
+                component_groups[dir_name].append(component_id)
+
+            unique_id = (
+                'https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wix-installer/0/%s' % full_rel
+            )
+            file_guid = uuid.uuid5(uuid.NAMESPACE_URL, unique_id)
+
+            # IDs have length limits. So use GUID to derive them.
+            file_guid_normalized = str(file_guid).replace('-', '_')
+            file_id = 'hg.file.%s' % file_guid_normalized
 
-    for p in sorted(lib_dir.iterdir()):
-        if not p.name.endswith(('.dll', '.pyd')):
-            continue
+            file_element = doc.createElement('File')
+            file_element.setAttribute('Id', file_id)
+            file_element.setAttribute('Source', str(source_path))
+            file_element.setAttribute('KeyPath', 'yes')
+            file_element.setAttribute('ReadOnly', 'yes')
+
+            component.appendChild(file_element)
+            directory_ref.appendChild(component)
+
+        fragment.appendChild(directory_ref)
+        doc.documentElement.appendChild(fragment)
+
+    for group, component_ids in sorted(component_groups.items()):
+        fragment = doc.createElement('Fragment')
+        component_group = doc.createElement('ComponentGroup')
+        component_group.setAttribute('Id', 'hg.group.%s' % group)
+
+        for component_id in component_ids:
+            component_ref = doc.createElement('ComponentRef')
+            component_ref.setAttribute('Id', component_id)
+            component_group.appendChild(component_ref)
 
-        f = doc.createElement('File')
-        f.setAttribute('Name', p.name)
-        component.appendChild(f)
+        fragment.appendChild(component_group)
+        doc.documentElement.appendChild(fragment)
+
+    # Add <Shortcut> to files that have it defined.
+    for file_id, metadata in sorted(SHORTCUTS.items()):
+        els = doc.getElementsByTagName('File')
+        els = [el for el in els if el.getAttribute('Id') == file_id]
+
+        if not els:
+            raise Exception('could not find File[Id=%s]' % file_id)
+
+        for el in els:
+            shortcut = doc.createElement('Shortcut')
+            shortcut.setAttribute('Id', 'hg.shortcut.%s' % file_id)
+            shortcut.setAttribute('Directory', 'ProgramMenuDir')
+            shortcut.setAttribute('Icon', 'hgIcon.ico')
+            shortcut.setAttribute('IconIndex', '0')
+            shortcut.setAttribute('Advertise', 'yes')
+            for k, v in sorted(metadata.items()):
+                shortcut.setAttribute(k, v)
+
+            el.appendChild(shortcut)
 
     return doc.toprettyxml()
 
@@ -248,9 +386,27 @@ 
         post_build_fn(source_dir, hg_build_dir, dist_dir, version)
 
     build_dir = hg_build_dir / ('wix-%s' % arch)
+    staging_dir = build_dir / 'stage'
 
     build_dir.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
 
+    # Purge the staging directory for every build so packaging is pristine.
+    if staging_dir.exists():
+        print('purging %s' % staging_dir)
+        shutil.rmtree(staging_dir)
+
+    stage_install(source_dir, staging_dir, lower_case=True)
+
+    # We also install some extra files.
+    process_install_rules(EXTRA_INSTALL_RULES, source_dir, staging_dir)
+
+    # And remove some files we don't want.
+    for f in STAGING_REMOVE_FILES:
+        p = staging_dir / f
+        if p.exists():
+            print('removing %s' % p)
+            p.unlink()
+
     wix_pkg, wix_entry = download_entry('wix', hg_build_dir)
     wix_path = hg_build_dir / ('wix-%s' % wix_entry['version'])
 
@@ -263,25 +419,16 @@ 
 
     defines = {'Platform': arch}
 
-    for wxs, rel_path in SUPPORT_WXS:
-        wxs = wix_dir / wxs
-        wxs_source_dir = source_dir / rel_path
-        run_candle(wix_path, build_dir, wxs, wxs_source_dir, defines=defines)
+    # Derive a .wxs file with the staged files.
+    manifest_wxs = build_dir / 'stage.wxs'
+    with manifest_wxs.open('w', encoding='utf-8') as fh:
+        fh.write(make_files_xml(staging_dir, is_x64=arch == 'x64'))
+
+    run_candle(wix_path, build_dir, manifest_wxs, staging_dir, defines=defines)
 
     for source, rel_path in sorted((extra_wxs or {}).items()):
         run_candle(wix_path, build_dir, source, rel_path, defines=defines)
 
-    # candle.exe doesn't like when we have an open handle on the file.
-    # So use TemporaryDirectory() instead of NamedTemporaryFile().
-    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as td:
-        td = pathlib.Path(td)
-
-        tf = td / 'library.wxs'
-        with tf.open('w') as fh:
-            fh.write(make_libraries_xml(wix_dir, dist_dir))
-
-        run_candle(wix_path, build_dir, tf, dist_dir, defines=defines)
-
     source = wix_dir / 'mercurial.wxs'
     defines['Version'] = version
     defines['Comments'] = 'Installs Mercurial version %s' % version
@@ -307,20 +454,13 @@ 
         str(msi_path),
     ]
 
-    for source, rel_path in SUPPORT_WXS:
-        assert source.endswith('.wxs')
-        args.append(str(build_dir / ('%s.wixobj' % source[:-4])))
-
     for source, rel_path in sorted((extra_wxs or {}).items()):
         assert source.endswith('.wxs')
         source = os.path.basename(source)
         args.append(str(build_dir / ('%s.wixobj' % source[:-4])))
 
     args.extend(
-        [
-            str(build_dir / 'library.wixobj'),
-            str(build_dir / 'mercurial.wixobj'),
-        ]
+        [str(build_dir / 'stage.wixobj'), str(build_dir / 'mercurial.wixobj'),]
     )
 
     subprocess.run(args, cwd=str(source_dir), check=True)
diff --git a/contrib/packaging/hgpackaging/py2exe.py b/contrib/packaging/hgpackaging/py2exe.py
--- a/contrib/packaging/hgpackaging/py2exe.py
+++ b/contrib/packaging/hgpackaging/py2exe.py
@@ -209,13 +209,26 @@ 
     )
 
 
-def stage_install(source_dir: pathlib.Path, staging_dir: pathlib.Path):
+def stage_install(
+    source_dir: pathlib.Path, staging_dir: pathlib.Path, lower_case=False
+):
     """Copy all files to be installed to a directory.
 
     This allows packaging to simply walk a directory tree to find source
     files.
     """
-    process_install_rules(STAGING_RULES, source_dir, staging_dir)
+    if lower_case:
+        rules = []
+        for source, dest in STAGING_RULES:
+            # Only lower directory names.
+            if '/' in dest:
+                parent, leaf = dest.rsplit('/', 1)
+                dest = '%s/%s' % (parent.lower(), leaf)
+            rules.append((source, dest))
+    else:
+        rules = STAGING_RULES
+
+    process_install_rules(rules, source_dir, staging_dir)
 
     # An empty .exe.local file enables DLL Redirection and forces
     # Windows to look for DLLs relative to the .exe.