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cat: test output path behvaior when target path does not exist

In the next patch, we will change the behavior of the cat command to create
output file parent directories before attempting to write the output file.
This patch documents the current unfortunate behavior.

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D1331

  $ hg init

  $ echo 123 > a
  $ hg add a
  $ hg commit -m "first" a

  $ mkdir sub
  $ echo 321 > sub/b
  $ hg add sub/b
  $ hg commit -m "second" sub/b

  $ cat sub/b
  321

  $ hg co 0
  0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved

  $ cat sub/b 2>/dev/null || echo "sub/b not present"
  sub/b not present

  $ test -d sub || echo "sub not present"
  sub not present