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commit: check branch change on to-be-committed changeset

This makes a difference when a branch name is passed via the `extra` argument,
which will be used as the branch name for the created changeset. The empty
commit check should use that branch name instead of whatever was set on the
working directory.

Besides fixing the bug for which a test case was extended, it enables to remove
a workaround in the rebase extension, which will be done in a follow-up patch
(D8725).

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D8724

cHg
===

A fast client for Mercurial command server running on Unix.

Install:

 $ make
 $ make install

Usage:

 $ chg help                 # show help of Mercurial
 $ alias hg=chg             # replace hg command
 $ chg --kill-chg-daemon    # terminate background server

Environment variables:

Although cHg tries to update environment variables, some of them cannot be
changed after spawning the server. The following variables are specially
handled:

 * configuration files are reloaded automatically by default.
 * CHGHG or HG specifies the path to the hg executable spawned as the
   background command server.

The following variables are available for testing:

 * CHGDEBUG enables debug messages.
 * CHGSOCKNAME specifies the socket path of the background cmdserver.
 * CHGTIMEOUT specifies how many seconds chg will wait before giving up
   connecting to a cmdserver. If it is 0, chg will wait forever. Default: 60