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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

https://bz.mercurial-scm.org/1175

  $ hg init
  $ touch a
  $ hg ci -Am0
  adding a

  $ hg mv a a1
  $ hg ci -m1

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

  $ hg mv a a2
  $ hg up
  note: possible conflict - a was renamed multiple times to:
   a1
   a2
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved

  $ hg ci -m2

  $ touch a
  $ hg ci -Am3
  adding a

  $ hg mv a b
  $ hg ci -Am4 a

  $ hg ci --debug --traceback -Am5 b
  committing files:
  b
  warning: can't find ancestor for 'b' copied from 'a'!
  committing manifest
  committing changelog
  updating the branch cache
  committed changeset 5:83a687e8a97c80992ba385bbfd766be181bfb1d1

  $ hg verify
  checking changesets
  checking manifests
  crosschecking files in changesets and manifests
  checking files
  checked 6 changesets with 4 changes to 4 files

  $ hg export --git tip
  # HG changeset patch
  # User test
  # Date 0 0
  #      Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  # Node ID 83a687e8a97c80992ba385bbfd766be181bfb1d1
  # Parent  1d1625283f71954f21d14c3d44d0ad3c019c597f
  5
  
  diff --git a/b b/b
  new file mode 100644

https://bz.mercurial-scm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4476

  $ hg init foo
  $ cd foo
  $ touch a && hg ci -Aqm a
  $ hg mv a b
  $ echo b1 >> b
  $ hg ci -Aqm b1
  $ hg up 0
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ hg mv a b
  $ echo b2 >> b
  $ hg ci -Aqm b2
  $ hg graft 1
  grafting 1:5974126fad84 "b1"
  merging b
  warning: conflicts while merging b! (edit, then use 'hg resolve --mark')
  abort: unresolved conflicts, can't continue
  (use 'hg resolve' and 'hg graft --continue')
  [1]
  $ echo a > b
  $ echo b3 >> b
  $ hg resolve --mark b
  (no more unresolved files)
  continue: hg graft --continue
  $ hg graft --continue
  grafting 1:5974126fad84 "b1"
  $ hg log -f b -T 'changeset:   {rev}:{node|short}\nsummary:     {desc}\n\n'
  changeset:   3:376d30ccffc0
  summary:     b1
  
  changeset:   2:416baaa2e5e4
  summary:     b2
  
  changeset:   0:3903775176ed
  summary:     a