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narrow: drop support for remote expansion (BC)

Previous patches to validate narrow patterns accidentically dropped
support for the include: syntax that allows patterns to be expanded
from a remote.

This feature was never implemented in core and is only implemented on
Google's custom server. Per @martinvonz's review comment in D4522, it
is OK to drop this feature since it isn't used.

The concept of this feature does seem useful. I anticipate it making
a comeback some day in some shape or form. But for now, let's jettison
the dead code.

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D4530

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