changelog: add a `branch` method, bypassing changectx
The only way to access the branch of a changeset is currently to
create a changectx object and access its `branch()` method. Creating
a new Python object is costly and has a huge impact on code doing
heavy access to `branch()` (like branchmap).
This change introduces a new method on changelog that allows direct
access to the branch of a revision. See the next changeset for impact.
Ancestors of 5
4 2 0
Ancestors of 6 and 5
3 4 2 1 0
Ancestors of 5 and 4
4 2 0
Ancestors of 7, stop at 6
6
Ancestors of 7, including revs
7 6 5 3 4 2 1 0
Ancestors of 7, 5 and 3, including revs
7 5 3 6 4 2 1 0
Descendants of 5
7 8
Descendants of 5 and 3
6 7 8
Descendants of 5 and 4
5 7 8