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run-tests: support multiple cases in .t test

Sometimes we want to run similar tests with slightly different
configurations. Previously we duplicate the test files. This patch
introduces special "#testcases" syntax that allows a single .t file to
contain multiple test cases.

Defined cases could be tested using "#if".

For example, if a test should behave the same with or without an
experimental flag, we can add the following to the .t header:

    #testcases default experimental-a
    #if experimental-a
      $ cat >> $HGRCPATH << EOF
      > [experimental]
      > feature=a
      > EOF
    #endif

The "experimental-a" block won't be executed when running the "default" test
case.

# The test-repo is a live hg repository which may have evolution
# markers created, e.g. when a ~/.hgrc enabled evolution.
#
# Tests are run using a custom HGRCPATH, which do not
# enable evolution markers by default.
#
# If test-repo includes evolution markers, and we do not
# enable evolution markers, hg will occasionally complain
# when it notices them, which disrupts tests resulting in
# sporadic failures.
#
# Since we aren't performing any write operations on the
# test-repo, there's no harm in telling hg that we support
# evolution markers, which is what the following lines
# for the hgrc file do:
cat >> $HGRCPATH << EOF
[experimental]
evolution=createmarkers
EOF