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color: respect HGPLAINEXCEPT=color to allow colors while scripting (issue5749)

I'd also like --color=always on the command-line to override HGPLAIN=1
et al, but that's more work, and this seems like a better fix. We've
got a fair number of programs that actually want to automate hg and
get colored output to users, so they should set HGPLAINEXCEPT=alias
(what we usually recommend), but this has been breaking them because
they then lose color.

.. feature::

  The ``HGPLAINEXCEPT`` environment variable can now include ``color``
  to allow automatic output colorization in otherwise automated
  environments.

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D1532

Mercurial
=========

Mercurial is a fast, easy to use, distributed revision control tool
for software developers.

Basic install::

 $ make            # see install targets
 $ make install    # do a system-wide install
 $ hg debuginstall # sanity-check setup
 $ hg              # see help

Running without installing::

 $ make local      # build for inplace usage
 $ ./hg --version  # should show the latest version

See https://mercurial-scm.org/ for detailed installation
instructions, platform-specific notes, and Mercurial user information.