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dirstate: track updated files to improve write time

Previously, dirstate.write() would iterate over the entire dirstate to find any
entries that needed to be marked 'lookup' (i.e. if they have the same timestamp
as now). This was O(working copy) and slow in large repos. It was most visible
when rebasing or histediting multiple commits, since it gets executed once per
commit, even if the entire rebase/histedit is wrapped in a transaction.

The fix is to track which files have been editted, and only check those to see
if they need to be marked as 'lookup'. This saves 25% on histedit times in very
large repositories.

I tested this by adding temporary debug logic to verify that the old files
processed in the loop matched the new files processed in the loop and running
the test suite.

Mercurial
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Mercurial is a fast, easy to use, distributed revision control tool
for software developers.

Basic install:

 $ make            # see install targets
 $ make install    # do a system-wide install
 $ hg debuginstall # sanity-check setup
 $ hg              # see help

Running without installing:

 $ make local      # build for inplace usage
 $ ./hg --version  # should show the latest version

See https://mercurial-scm.org/ for detailed installation
instructions, platform-specific notes, and Mercurial user information.