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rhg: Add support for automatic fallback to Python

`rhg` is a command-line application that can do a small subset of what
`hg` can. It is written entirely in Rust, which avoids the cost of starting
a Python interpreter and importing many Python modules.
In a script that runs many `hg` commands, this cost can add up.

However making users decide when to use `rhg` instead of `hg` is
not practical as we want the subset of supported functionality
to grow over time.

Instead we introduce "fallback" behavior where, when `rhg` encounters
something (a sub-command, a repository format, …) that is not implemented
in Rust-only, it does nothing but silently start a subprocess of
Python-based `hg` running the same command.
That way `rhg` becomes a drop-in replacement for `hg` that sometimes
goes faster. Whether Python is used should be an implementation detail
not apparent to users (other than through speed).

A new `fallback` value is added to the previously introduced
`rhg.on-unsupported` configuration key. When in this mode, the new
`rhg.fallback-executable` config is determine what command to use
to run a Python-based `hg`.

The previous `rhg.on-unsupported = abort-silent` configuration was designed
to let a wrapper script call `rhg` and then fall back to `hg` based on the
exit code. This is still available, but having fallback behavior built-in
in rhg might be easier for users instead of leaving that script "as an
exercise for the reader".

Using a subprocess like this is not idea, especially when `rhg` is to be
installed in `$PATH` as `hg`, since the other `hg.py` executable needs
to still be available… somewhere. Eventually this could be replaced
by using PyOxidizer to a have a single executable that embeds a Python
interpreter, but only starts it when needed.

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D10093

Do not strip innocent children. See https://bitbucket.org/facebook/hg-experimental/issues/6/hg-absorb-merges-diverged-commits

  $ cat >> $HGRCPATH << EOF
  > [extensions]
  > absorb=
  > drawdag=$TESTDIR/drawdag.py
  > EOF

  $ hg init
  $ hg debugdrawdag << EOF
  > E
  > |
  > D F
  > |/
  > C
  > |
  > B
  > |
  > A
  > EOF

  $ hg up E -q
  $ echo 1 >> B
  $ echo 2 >> D
  $ hg absorb -a
  warning: orphaned descendants detected, not stripping 112478962961, 26805aba1e60
  saved backup bundle to * (glob)
  2 of 2 chunk(s) applied

  $ hg log -G -T '{desc}'
  @  E
  |
  o  D
  |
  o  C
  |
  o  B
  |
  | o  F
  | |
  | o  C
  | |
  | o  B
  |/
  o  A