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share: replace the bookmarks.shared file with an entry on a new "shared" file

cd79fb4d75fd introduced a way to share bookmarks. When a repository share that
shares bookmarks was created, a .hg/bookmarks.shared file was created to mark
the repository share as one that shares its bookmarks.

We have plans to introduce other levels of sharing, including a "full share"
mode. Rather than creating a new ".shared" file for each new thing that we may
want to share It seems better to create a single "shared" file that will list
what is shared for a given shared repository. This should make it much easier
to get a list of everything that is shared by a given shared repository.

The shared file contains a list of shared "items" (such as bookmarks). Each
shared "item" is added as a new line in the file. For now the only possible
entry in the file is "bookmarks".

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.