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dirstate-tree: Keep a counter of descendant nodes that have an entry

… and change the `DirstateMap::has_dir` method to be based on this counter
being non-zero instead of the mere presence of a node.

A node with zero descendent with an entry currently should be removed from
the tree, but soon we’ll make the dirstate track additional nodes.
(Specifically, for non-ignored directories in order to keep track of their
mtime and optimize status by doing fewer `read_dir` calls.)

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D10922

== 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 ==