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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

  $ hg init

  $ cat > .hg/hgrc <<EOF
  > [extensions]
  > prefixfilter = prefix.py
  > [encode]
  > *.txt = stripprefix: Copyright 2046, The Masters
  > [decode]
  > *.txt = insertprefix: Copyright 2046, The Masters
  > EOF

  $ cat > prefix.py <<EOF
  > from mercurial import error
  > def stripprefix(s, cmd, filename, **kwargs):
  >     header = b'%s\n' % cmd
  >     if s[:len(header)] != header:
  >         raise error.Abort(b'missing header "%s" in %s' % (cmd, filename))
  >     return s[len(header):]
  > def insertprefix(s, cmd):
  >     return b'%s\n%s' % (cmd, s)
  > def reposetup(ui, repo):
  >     repo.adddatafilter(b'stripprefix:', stripprefix)
  >     repo.adddatafilter(b'insertprefix:', insertprefix)
  > EOF

  $ cat > .hgignore <<EOF
  > .hgignore
  > prefix.py
  > prefix.pyc
  > __pycache__/
  > EOF

  $ cat > stuff.txt <<EOF
  > Copyright 2046, The Masters
  > Some stuff to ponder very carefully.
  > EOF
  $ hg add stuff.txt
  $ hg ci -m stuff

Repository data:

  $ hg cat stuff.txt
  Some stuff to ponder very carefully.

Fresh checkout:

  $ rm stuff.txt
  $ hg up -C
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ cat stuff.txt
  Copyright 2046, The Masters
  Some stuff to ponder very carefully.
  $ echo "Very very carefully." >> stuff.txt
  $ hg stat
  M stuff.txt

  $ echo "Unauthorized material subject to destruction." > morestuff.txt

Problem encoding:

  $ hg add morestuff.txt
  $ hg ci -m morestuff
  abort: missing header "Copyright 2046, The Masters" in morestuff.txt
  [255]
  $ hg stat
  M stuff.txt
  A morestuff.txt