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revert: introduce short option -C for --no-backup

Corresponds to -C of the update command.

It's much more convenient to use:

  $ hg revert -aC

than having to type

  $ hg revert -a --no-backup

I think the 'no-backup' case is a frequent use case.

Introducing short option -C here fits with the muscle memory we have from
'hg update -C', which is described there as "discard uncommitted changes
(no backup)".

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