branching: merge default branch in stable to prepare 8.5.0 release
The release is not fully ready, but the merging is non-trivial.
# utility to setup pythonpath to point into the tested repositoryexportSRCDIR=`dirname$TESTDIR`if[-n"$PYTHONPATH"];thenexportHGTEST_ORIG_PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATHexportPYTHONPATH=$SRCDIR:$PYTHONPATHelseexportPYTHONPATH=$SRCDIRfi