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revlog: move file writing to a separate function

Moves the code that actually writes to a file to a separate function in
revlog.py. This allows extensions to intercept and use the data being written to
disk. For example, an extension might want to replicate these writes elsewhere.

When cloning the Mercurial repo on /dev/shm with --pull, I see about a 0.3% perf change.
It goes from 28.2 to 28.3 seconds.

Mercurial's documentation is kept in reStructuredText format, which is
a simple plain text format that's easy to read and edit:

  http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html

It's also convertible to a variety of other formats including standard
UNIX man page format and HTML. You'll need to install Docutils:

  http://docutils.sourceforge.net/

Use the Makefile in this directory to generate the man and HTML pages.