sparse: use vfs.tryread() vfs.exists() followed by a file read is an anti-pattern because it incurs an extra stat() to test for file presence. vfs.tryread() returns empty string on missing file and avoids the stat().

sparse: refactor sparsechecksum() This was relying on garbage collection to close the opened file, which is a bug. Both callers simply called into self.vfs to resolve the path. So refactor to use the vfs layer. While we're here, rename the method to reflect it is internal and to break anyone relying on the old behavior.

sparse: document config file format This was previously undocumented. Seems useful to have.

sparse: rename command to debugsparse Sparse checkout is still highly experimental and not protected by BC guarantees yet. We also haven't had a discussion on the UX. To discourage use, we rename the sparse command to debugsparse.

sparse: remove reference to simplecache This is a 3rd party extension authored by Facebook. References in core are not appropriate. It will be possible to restore this code/optimization via monkeypatching. So Facebook won't lose any functionality. The removed code is important for performance. So add a comment tracking it.

sparse: remove reference to hgwatchman This is a legacy extension. Now that the extension is in core, we only need to support what's in core, which is fsmonitor.