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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

#require no-msys # MSYS will translate web paths as if they were file paths

This is a rudimentary test of the CGI files as of d74fc8dec2b4.

  $ hg init test

  $ cat >hgweb.cgi <<HGWEB
  > #!$PYTHON
  > #
  > # An example CGI script to use hgweb, edit as necessary
  > 
  > import cgitb
  > cgitb.enable()
  > 
  > from mercurial import demandimport; demandimport.enable()
  > from mercurial.hgweb import hgweb
  > from mercurial.hgweb import wsgicgi
  > 
  > application = hgweb(b"test", b"Empty test repository")
  > wsgicgi.launch(application)
  > HGWEB

  $ chmod 755 hgweb.cgi

  $ cat >hgweb.config <<HGWEBDIRCONF
  > [paths]
  > test = test
  > HGWEBDIRCONF

  $ cat >hgwebdir.cgi <<HGWEBDIR
  > #!$PYTHON
  > #
  > # An example CGI script to export multiple hgweb repos, edit as necessary
  > 
  > import cgitb
  > cgitb.enable()
  > 
  > from mercurial import demandimport; demandimport.enable()
  > from mercurial.hgweb import hgwebdir
  > from mercurial.hgweb import wsgicgi
  > 
  > application = hgwebdir(b"hgweb.config")
  > wsgicgi.launch(application)
  > HGWEBDIR

  $ chmod 755 hgwebdir.cgi

  $ . "$TESTDIR/cgienv"
  $ "$PYTHON" hgweb.cgi > page1
  $ "$PYTHON" hgwebdir.cgi > page2

  $ PATH_INFO="/test/"
  $ PATH_TRANSLATED="/var/something/test.cgi"
  $ REQUEST_URI="/test/test/"
  $ SCRIPT_URI="http://hg.omnifarious.org/test/test/"
  $ SCRIPT_URL="/test/test/"
  $ "$PYTHON" hgwebdir.cgi > page3

  $ grep -i error page1 page2 page3
  [1]