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unamend: abort if commit was not created by `hg [un]amend`

`hg unamend` can currently undo any kind of rewrite, as long as it has
an obsmarker. However, that has quite unexpected results if you run it
after e.g. `hg rebase` (expecting it to behave like a generic `hg
undo` command), because it updates to the predecessor and leaves the
old changes in the working copy. I think it's better to allow `hg
unamend` only after `hg amend` (and after `hg unamend` because that's
documented as being supported).

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D12390

cHg
===

A fast client for Mercurial command server running on Unix.

Install:

 $ make
 $ make install

Usage:

 $ chg help                 # show help of Mercurial
 $ alias hg=chg             # replace hg command
 $ chg --kill-chg-daemon    # terminate background server

Environment variables:

Although cHg tries to update environment variables, some of them cannot be
changed after spawning the server. The following variables are specially
handled:

 * configuration files are reloaded automatically by default.
 * CHGHG or HG specifies the path to the hg executable spawned as the
   background command server.

The following variables are available for testing:

 * CHGDEBUG enables debug messages.
 * CHGSOCKNAME specifies the socket path of the background cmdserver.
 * CHGTIMEOUT specifies how many seconds chg will wait before giving up
   connecting to a cmdserver. If it is 0, chg will wait forever. Default: 60

Build environment variables:

 * HGPATH: the path to the hg executable to call when CHGHG and HG are not set,
   instead of "hg"
 * HGPATHREL=1: when CHGHG and HG are not set, the hg executable will be ./hg
   relative to the chg executable. Only works on linux, falls back to "hg"
   otherwise.