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branchmap: store branchcache in a dedicated object

Value and key of branchcache would benefit from being hold by the same object.
Moreover some logic (update, write, validation) could be move on such object.

The creation of this object is the first step toward this move. The result will
clarify branchcache related code and hide most of the detail in the class
itself. This encapsulation will greatly helps implementation of branchcache for
filtered view of the repo.

When Mercurial accepts more than one revision, they may be specified
individually, or provided as a topologically continuous range,
separated by the ":" character.

The syntax of range notation is [BEGIN]:[END], where BEGIN and END are
revision identifiers. Both BEGIN and END are optional. If BEGIN is not
specified, it defaults to revision number 0. If END is not specified,
it defaults to the tip. The range ":" thus means "all revisions".

If BEGIN is greater than END, revisions are treated in reverse order.

A range acts as a closed interval. This means that a range of 3:5
gives 3, 4 and 5. Similarly, a range of 9:6 gives 9, 8, 7, and 6.