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subrepo: add shortid() method to subrepo classes

This method takes an "id" (e.g. a revision id) and returns a "short" version
(e.g. a short revision id).

This will be used on the next revision to fix a small bug in the way that the
text on the promptchoice shown when a subrepo diverges is generated.

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