py3: use pycompat.byteskwargs() to convert opts to bytes We have converted opts to unicodes before passing them.

test-check-code: do not use xargs We have too many files, and passing them via arguments could cause strange errors on some platforms [1]. Since check-code.py can now take "-" and read file names from stdin, use it instead of xargs to avoid the argv size limit. [1]: https://www.mercurial-scm.org/pipermail/mercurial-devel/2017-April/096346.html

check-code: use "-" to specify a list of files from stdin This will be used by the next patch.

perf: add historical portability for util.timer util.timer has been introduced in ae5d60bb and used in perf.py since 22fbca1d. For historical portability, forcibly define util.timer in perf.py

diff: add --binary option for git mode diffs This patch adds --binary option to `hg diff` and `hg export` to allow more control about when binary diffs are displayed in Git mode as well as some tests to verify it behaves correctly (issue5510).

patch: make diff in git mode respect --text option (issue5510) This changeset makes patch respect -a/--text option in --git mode by aligning its behaviour with git itself.

py3: have registrar process docstrings in bytes Mixing bytes and unicode creates a mess. Do things in bytes as possible. New sysbytes() helper only takes care of ASCII characters, but avoids raising nasty unicode exception. This is the same design principle as sysstr().