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histedit: use rewriteutil.precheck() instead of reimplementing it

We have had this nice utility since 490df753894d (rewriteutil: add a
precheck function to check if revs can be rewritten, 2017-11-24). We
got two callers soon thereafter, in 98f97eb20597 (rewriteutil: use
precheck() in uncommit and amend commands, 2017-11-28). It's about
time we use it in other places.

rewriteutil.precheck() looks unfortunate for i18n (it seems to rely on
an English verb for the action making sense in other languages), but
hopefully not bad enough that we should avoid using it.

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D7684

== New Features ==

 * The amend extension supports the `--currentuser` argument.

 * The amend extension supports the `--close-branch` argument.

 * The amend extension supports the `--secret` argument.

 * The uncommit extension supports the `rewrite.update-timestamp` config option.

== New Experimental Features ==


== Bug Fixes  ==


== Backwards Compatibility Changes ==

 * A shell that supports `$(command)`` syntax for command substitution is now
   required for running the test suite. The test runner normally uses
   `sh`, so if that is a shell that doesn't support `$(command)` syntax,
   you can override it by setting `$HGTEST_SHELL` or by passing it to
   `run-tests.py --shell <shell>`.

 * The (experimental) narrow extension's wire protocol changed. If
   you're using it, you'll need to make sure to upgrade server and
   client at the same time.

== Internal API Changes ==