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share: rework config options to be much clearer and easier

Recently I implemented various boolean configs which control how to behave when
there is a share-safe mismatch between source and share repository. Mismatch
means that source supports share-safe where as share does not or vice versa.

However, while discussion and documentation we realized that it's too
complicated and there are some combinations of values which makes no sense.

We decided to introduce a config option with 4 possible values which
makes controlling and understanding things easier.

The config option `share.safe-mismatch.source-{not-}safe` can have
following 4 values:

* abort (default): error out if there is mismatch
* allow: allow to work with respecting share source configuration
* {up|down}grade-abort: try to {up|down}grade, if it fails, abort
* {up|down}grade-allow: try to {up|down}grade, if it fails, continue in allow
mode


I am not sure if I can explain 3 config options which I deleted right now in
just 5 lines which is a sign of how complex they became.

No test changes demonstrate that functionality is same, only names have changed.

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D9785

Some Mercurial commands can produce a lot of output, and Mercurial will
attempt to use a pager to make those commands more pleasant.

To set the pager that should be used, set the application variable::

  [pager]
  pager = less -FRX

If no pager is set in the user or repository configuration, Mercurial uses the
environment variable $PAGER. If $PAGER is not set, pager.pager from the default
or system configuration is used. If none of these are set, a default pager will
be used, typically `less` on Unix and `more` on Windows.

.. container:: windows

  On Windows, `more` is not color aware, so using it effectively disables color.
  MSYS and Cygwin shells provide `less` as a pager, which can be configured to
  support ANSI color codes.  See :hg:`help config.color.pagermode` to configure
  the color mode when invoking a pager.

You can disable the pager for certain commands by adding them to the
pager.ignore list::

  [pager]
  ignore = version, help, update

To ignore global commands like :hg:`version` or :hg:`help`, you have
to specify them in your user configuration file.

To control whether the pager is used at all for an individual command,
you can use --pager=<value>:

  - use as needed: `auto`.
  - require the pager: `yes` or `on`.
  - suppress the pager: `no` or `off` (any unrecognized value
    will also work).

To globally turn off all attempts to use a pager, set::

  [ui]
  paginate = never

which will prevent the pager from running.