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localrepo: move check for existing repo into createrepository()

For symmetry with the check for existence of a repo in
localrepository.__init__, we should check for the non-existence in
createrepository(). We could alternatively move both checks into
instance().

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D4549

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.