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match: split up main matcher into patternmatcher and includematcher

At this point the includematcher is an exact copy of the main matcher
class. We will specialize and simplify both classes in the following
patches. This initial unmodified copy is just to make the differences
clearer. We also rename the main matcher to "patternmatcher" for
consistency.

I may eventually merge this new includematcher back into the main
matcher, but I think doing it this way makes the intermediate steps
clearer regardless.

cHg
===

A fast client for Mercurial command server running on Unix.

Install:

 $ make
 $ make install

Usage:

 $ chg help                 # show help of Mercurial
 $ alias hg=chg             # replace hg command
 $ chg --kill-chg-daemon    # terminate background server

Environment variables:

Although cHg tries to update environment variables, some of them cannot be
changed after spawning the server. The following variables are specially
handled:

 * configuration files are reloaded automatically by default.
 * CHGHG or HG specifies the path to the hg executable spawned as the
   background command server.

The following variables are available for testing:

 * CHGDEBUG enables debug messages.
 * CHGSOCKNAME specifies the socket path of the background cmdserver.
 * CHGTIMEOUT specifies how many seconds chg will wait before giving up
   connecting to a cmdserver. If it is 0, chg will wait forever. Default: 60