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obsolete: do not obsolete rebase --detach nullmerge revs

Rebase state contains the changesets to rebase as well as 'nullmerge'
entries used drive the merge strategy. These nullmerge were not rebased
and should be ignored, and certainly not be marked obsolete.

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Vocabulary
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.. note:: all terminology is subject to change

:obsolete marker:
    express a relation from 0..n new changesets to 1 old changeset
:obsolete changesets:
    non public changeset which are target of a obsolete marker

:unstable changeset:
    changeset not obsolete but with obsolete ancestor

:extinct changeset:
    obsolete changeset without unstable descendant

:suspended changeset:
    obsolete changeset with unstable descendant

:obsolete-parents:
    previous versions of a changeset, through a direct obsolete marker.

:obsolete-children:
    new versions of a changeset, through a direct obsolete marker.

:obsolete-ancestors:
    previous versions of a changeset, through any number of obsolete marker

:obsolete-descendant:
    new versions of a changeset, through any number of obsolete marker

:obsolete-diff:
    diff between a changeset and it's obsolete parent

:obsolete-tip:
    obsolete-descendants which are not obsolete themselves.

:conflicting changeset:
    multiple obsolete-tip for an obsolete changeset through diverging obsolete
    markers (no changeset split marker)