test-revlog: test a repository that contains a diff against nullrev We are witnessing a crash in the rust code, so we lets make sure this case is tested.

worker: adapt _blockingreader to work around a python3.8.[0-1] bug (issue6444) Python 3.8.0 is the latest I can load on Ubuntu 18.04, and I regularly hit the TypeError because this function is missing. While it can be avoided by disabling worker usage via config option, that's a bit obscure. I'm limiting the function definition to the narrow range of affected pythons because there were other bugs in this area that were worked around, that I don't fully understand. See the bug report for discussions on why the narrow range, and related commits working around other bugs. Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D12627

filelog: show the passed argument on error The error now do more than stating what it need. It also state what it got.

manifest: improve error message in case for tree manifest In the case where tree manifest is not enabled but we still receive an sub directory information for the manifest. The error now inform which sub-directory was passed.

doc: use an absolute path in sys.path The idea and rationale is similar to https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D12599 (landed as 1b6e381521c5). Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D12622

check-py3-compat: use an absolute path in sys.path The idea and rationale is similar to https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D12599 (landed as 1b6e381521c5). Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D12621

branchmap: use a context manager when writing the branchmap This is cleaner and safer. The previous code date from long before we had context manager available.

rhg: align the dirstate v2 writing algorithm with python Use the same algorithm of file append as python does, where we do a manual seek instead of relying on O_APPEND. (see the reasons in the inline comment)