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rhg: Add support for automatic fallback to Python

`rhg` is a command-line application that can do a small subset of what
`hg` can. It is written entirely in Rust, which avoids the cost of starting
a Python interpreter and importing many Python modules.
In a script that runs many `hg` commands, this cost can add up.

However making users decide when to use `rhg` instead of `hg` is
not practical as we want the subset of supported functionality
to grow over time.

Instead we introduce "fallback" behavior where, when `rhg` encounters
something (a sub-command, a repository format, …) that is not implemented
in Rust-only, it does nothing but silently start a subprocess of
Python-based `hg` running the same command.
That way `rhg` becomes a drop-in replacement for `hg` that sometimes
goes faster. Whether Python is used should be an implementation detail
not apparent to users (other than through speed).

A new `fallback` value is added to the previously introduced
`rhg.on-unsupported` configuration key. When in this mode, the new
`rhg.fallback-executable` config is determine what command to use
to run a Python-based `hg`.

The previous `rhg.on-unsupported = abort-silent` configuration was designed
to let a wrapper script call `rhg` and then fall back to `hg` based on the
exit code. This is still available, but having fallback behavior built-in
in rhg might be easier for users instead of leaving that script "as an
exercise for the reader".

Using a subprocess like this is not idea, especially when `rhg` is to be
installed in `$PATH` as `hg`, since the other `hg.py` executable needs
to still be available… somewhere. Eventually this could be replaced
by using PyOxidizer to a have a single executable that embeds a Python
interpreter, but only starts it when needed.

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D10093

  $ hg init repo
  $ cd repo

  $ echo line 1 > foo
  $ hg ci -qAm 'add foo'

copy foo to bar and change both files
  $ hg cp foo bar
  $ echo line 2-1 >> foo
  $ echo line 2-2 >> bar
  $ hg ci -m 'cp foo bar; change both'

in another branch, change foo in a way that doesn't conflict with
the other changes
  $ hg up -qC 0
  $ echo line 0 > foo
  $ hg cat foo >> foo
  $ hg ci -m 'change foo'
  created new head

we get conflicts that shouldn't be there
  $ hg merge -P
  changeset:   1:484bf6903104
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     cp foo bar; change both
  
  $ hg merge --debug
    unmatched files in other:
     bar
    all copies found (* = to merge, ! = divergent, % = renamed and deleted):
     on remote side:
      src: 'foo' -> dst: 'bar' *
    checking for directory renames
  resolving manifests
   branchmerge: True, force: False, partial: False
   ancestor: e6dc8efe11cc, local: 6a0df1dad128+, remote: 484bf6903104
  starting 4 threads for background file closing (?)
   preserving foo for resolve of bar
   preserving foo for resolve of foo
   bar: remote copied from foo -> m (premerge)
  picked tool ':merge' for bar (binary False symlink False changedelete False)
  merging foo and bar to bar
  my bar@6a0df1dad128+ other bar@484bf6903104 ancestor foo@e6dc8efe11cc
   premerge successful
   foo: versions differ -> m (premerge)
  picked tool ':merge' for foo (binary False symlink False changedelete False)
  merging foo
  my foo@6a0df1dad128+ other foo@484bf6903104 ancestor foo@e6dc8efe11cc
   premerge successful
  0 files updated, 2 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  (branch merge, don't forget to commit)

contents of foo
  $ cat foo
  line 0
  line 1
  line 2-1

contents of bar
  $ cat bar
  line 0
  line 1
  line 2-2

  $ cd ..