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backout: add --commit option

Mercurial backout command makes a commmit by default only when the backed out
revision is the parent of working directory and doesn't commit in any other
case.

The --commit option changes behaviour of backout to make a commit whenever
possible (i.e. there is no unresolved conflicts). This behaviour seems more
intuitive to many use (especially git users migrating to hg).

Mercurial's documentation is kept in reStructuredText format, which is
a simple plain text format that's easy to read and edit:

  http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html

It's also convertible to a variety of other formats including standard
UNIX man page format and HTML. You'll need to install Docutils:

  http://docutils.sourceforge.net/

Use the Makefile in this directory to generate the man and HTML pages.