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test-obsolete: use 'log -T {node}' instead of 'id --debug -i' to lookup hash

I ran into a case when adding a test where there were cryptic hg command line
errors.  I eventually traced it back to 'hg id' printing debug messages before
the hash:

    invalid branchheads cache (served): tip differs <hash>

This method should eliminate any other output except the node.

To run the tests, do:

cd tests/
python run-tests.py

See http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/WritingTests for
more information on writing tests.