remotefilelog: fix some bytes/str portability issues for Python 3
A few remotefilelog tests still fail on Python 3, but it's a much better story
now.
Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D5609
$ hg init
$ echo This is file a1 > a
$ hg add a
$ hg commit -m "commit #0"
$ ls
a
$ echo This is file b1 > b
$ hg add b
$ hg commit -m "commit #1"
$ hg co 0
0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
B should disappear
$ ls
a