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diff: add --from and --to flags as clearer alternative to -r -r

I think it was mistake to let the `-r` flag accept two revisions in
`hg diff` in 98633e60067c (Support for 0, 1, or 2 diff revs,
2005-05-07). The command clearly acts on two revisions and having a
single flag to indicate which those are is unclear. It got worse when
it started accepting revsets as input.

This patch introduces `--from` and `--to` flags, each taking a single
revision and each defaulting to the working copy. That means that `hg

Mercurial
=========

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.