tests/test-empty-dir.t

branchmap: Save changectx creation during update

The newly introduced `branchmap` function allows us to skip the
creation of changectx objects. This speeds up the construction of
the branchmap.

On the mozilla repository (117293 changesets, 15490 mutable)

Before:
  ! impactable 19.9
  ! mutable 0.576
  ! unserved 3.16

After:
  ! impactable 7.03 (2.8x faster)
  ! mutable 0.352 (1.6x)
  ! unserved 1.15 (2.7x)

On the cpython repository (81418 changesets, 6418 mutable)

Before:
  ! impactable 15.9
  ! mutable 0.451
  ! unserved 0.861

After:
  ! impactable 6.55 (2.4x faster)
  ! mutable 0.170 (2.6x faster)
  ! unserved 0.289 (2.9x faster)

On the pypy repository (58852 changesets)

Before:
  ! impactable 13.6

After:
  ! impactable 6.17 (2.2x faster)

On my Mercurial repository (18295 changesets, 2210 mutable)

Before:
  ! impactable 23.9
  ! mutable 0.368
  ! unserved 0.057

After:
  ! impactable 1.31 (18x faster)
  ! mutable 0.042 (8.7x)
  ! unserved 0.025 (2.2x)

  $ hg init

  $ echo 123 > a
  $ hg add a
  $ hg commit -m "first" a

  $ mkdir sub
  $ echo 321 > sub/b
  $ hg add sub/b
  $ hg commit -m "second" sub/b

  $ cat sub/b
  321

  $ hg co 0
  0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved

  $ cat sub/b 2>/dev/null || echo "sub/b not present"
  sub/b not present

  $ test -d sub || echo "sub not present"
  sub not present