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dirstate: remove the python-side whitelist of allowed matchers

This whitelist is too permissive because it allows matchers that contain
disallowed ones deep inside, for example through `intersectionmatcher`.

It is also too restrictive because it doesn't pass through
some of the matchers we support, such as `patternmatcher`.

It's also unnecessary because unsupported matchers raise
`FallbackError` and we fall back anyway.

Making this change makes more of the tests use rust code path,
and therefore subtly change behavior. For example, rust status
in largefiles repos seems to have strange behavior.

Mercurial's documentation is kept in reStructuredText format, which is
a simple plain text format that's easy to read and edit:

  http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html

It's also convertible to a variety of other formats including standard
UNIX man page format and HTML. You'll need to install Docutils:

  http://docutils.sourceforge.net/

Use the Makefile in this directory to generate the man and HTML pages.