tests/test-merge8.t

perf: don't depend on pycompat for older Mercurial versions

We already define local _sysstr() and _xrange() for compatibility, so
we should use those.

Also create a similar local _bytestr() corresponding to
pycompat.bytestr().

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D6745

Test for changeset ba7c74081861
(update dirstate correctly for non-branchmerge updates)
  $ hg init a
  $ cd a
  $ echo a > a
  $ hg add a
  $ hg commit -m a
  $ cd ..
  $ hg clone a b
  updating to branch default
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ cd a
  $ hg mv a b
  $ hg commit -m move
  $ echo b >> b
  $ hg commit -m b
  $ cd ../b
  $ hg pull ../a
  pulling from ../a
  searching for changes
  adding changesets
  adding manifests
  adding file changes
  added 2 changesets with 2 changes to 1 files
  new changesets e3c9b40284e1:772b37f1ca37
  (run 'hg update' to get a working copy)
  $ hg update
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved

  $ cd ..