Link to remote downloads server rather than a local downloads directory

sitescripts/extensions/bin/updateDownloadLinks.py

 # coding: utf-8
 
 # This file is part of the Adblock Plus web scripts,
 # Copyright (C) 2006-2013 Eyeo GmbH
 #
 # Adblock Plus is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 as
 # published by the Free Software Foundation.
 #
 # Adblock Plus is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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   if match:
     return (url, match.group(1))
   else:
     return (None, None)
 
 def getLocalLink(repo):
   """
   gets the link for the newest download of an add-on in the local downloads
   repository
   """
-  dir = repo.downloadsDirectory
   url = repo.downloadsURL
 
   highestURL = None
   highestVersion = None
   prefix = os.path.basename(repo.repository) + '-'
   suffix = repo.packageSuffix
 
-  # go through the downloads directory looking for downloads matching this extension
-  for fileName in os.listdir(dir):
+  # go through the downloads repository looking for downloads matching this extension
+  command = ['hg', 'locate', '-R', repo.downloadsRepo, '-r', 'default']
+  result, dummy = subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()
+  for fileName in result.splitlines():
     if fileName.startswith(prefix) and fileName.endswith(suffix):
       version = fileName[len(prefix):len(fileName) - len(suffix)]
       if highestVersion == None or compareVersions(version, highestVersion) > 0:
         highestURL = urlparse.urljoin(url, fileName)
         highestVersion = version
   return (highestURL, highestVersion)
 
 def getDownloadLink(repo):
   """
   gets the download link to the most current version of an extension
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   for repoType in extensions.iterkeys():
     manifestPath = get_config().get('extensions', '%sUpdateManifestPath' % repoType)
     template = get_template(get_config().get('extensions', '%sUpdateManifest' % repoType))
     template.stream({'extensions': extensions[repoType]}).dump(manifestPath)
 
 def updateLinks():
   """
   writes the current extension download links to a file
   """
 
-  # Update downloads directory first
-  downloadsRepository = get_config().get('extensions', 'downloadsDirectory')
-  subprocess.Popen(['hg', '-R', downloadsRepository, 'pull',  '-u'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()
-
   # Now get download links and save them to file
   result = SafeConfigParser()
   getDownloadLinks(result)
   file = open(get_config().get('extensions', 'downloadLinksFile'), 'wb')
   result.write(file)
   file.close()
 
   writeUpdateManifest(result)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
   updateLinks()