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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

  $ . "$TESTDIR/narrow-library.sh"

create full repo

  $ hg init master
  $ cd master

  $ mkdir inside
  $ echo inside > inside/f1
  $ mkdir outside
  $ echo outside > outside/f2
  $ hg ci -Aqm 'initial'

  $ hg mv outside/f2 inside/f2
  $ hg ci -qm 'move f2 from outside'

  $ echo modified > inside/f2
  $ hg ci -qm 'modify inside/f2'

  $ mkdir outside
  $ echo new > outside/f3
  $ hg ci -Aqm 'add outside/f3'
  $ cd ..

  $ hg clone --narrow ssh://user@dummy/master narrow --include inside -r 2
  adding changesets
  adding manifests
  adding file changes
  added 3 changesets with 3 changes to 2 files
  new changesets *:* (glob)
  updating to branch default
  2 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ cd narrow

  $ hg co 'desc("move f2")'
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ hg status
  $ hg diff
  $ hg diff --change . --git
  diff --git a/inside/f2 b/inside/f2
  new file mode 100644
  --- /dev/null
  +++ b/inside/f2
  @@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
  +outside

  $ hg log --follow inside/f2 -r tip
  changeset:   2:bcfb756e0ca9
  tag:         tip
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     modify inside/f2
  
  changeset:   1:5a016133b2bb
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     move f2 from outside
  
  $ echo new > inside/f4
  $ hg ci -Aqm 'add inside/f4'
  $ hg pull -q
  $ hg --config extensions.rebase= rebase -d tip
  rebasing 3:4f84b666728c "add inside/f4"
  saved backup bundle to $TESTTMP/narrow/.hg/strip-backup/4f84b666728c-4269b76e-rebase.hg

  $ hg co -q 0
  $ echo modified > inside/f1
  $ hg ci -qm 'modify inside/f1'
  $ echo new > inside/f5
  $ hg ci -Aqm 'add inside/f5'
  $ hg --config extensions.rebase= rebase -d 'public()' -r .
  rebasing 6:610b60178c28 tip "add inside/f5"
  saved backup bundle to $TESTTMP/narrow/.hg/strip-backup/610b60178c28-65716a78-rebase.hg