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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 reporevlogstore

A repo with unknown revlogv2 requirement string cannot be opened

  $ hg init invalidreq
  $ cd invalidreq
  $ echo exp-revlogv2.unknown >> .hg/requires
  $ hg log
  abort: repository requires features unknown to this Mercurial: exp-revlogv2.unknown
  (see https://mercurial-scm.org/wiki/MissingRequirement for more information)
  [255]
  $ cd ..

Can create and open repo with revlog v2 requirement

  $ cat >> $HGRCPATH << EOF
  > [experimental]
  > revlogv2 = enable-unstable-format-and-corrupt-my-data
  > EOF

  $ hg init empty-repo
  $ cd empty-repo
  $ cat .hg/requires
  dotencode
  exp-revlogv2.1
  fncache
  sparserevlog
  store

  $ hg log

Unknown flags to revlog are rejected

  >>> with open('.hg/store/00changelog.i', 'wb') as fh:
  ...     fh.write(b'\xff\x00\xde\xad') and None

  $ hg log
  abort: unknown flags (0xff00) in version 57005 revlog 00changelog.i
  [50]

  $ cd ..

Writing a simple revlog v2 works

  $ hg init simple
  $ cd simple
  $ touch foo
  $ hg -q commit -A -m initial

  $ hg log
  changeset:   0:96ee1d7354c4
  tag:         tip
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     initial
  
Header written as expected

  $ f --hexdump --bytes 4 .hg/store/00changelog.i
  .hg/store/00changelog.i:
  0000: 00 01 de ad                                     |....|

  $ f --hexdump --bytes 4 .hg/store/data/foo.i
  .hg/store/data/foo.i:
  0000: 00 01 de ad                                     |....|