topic: makes split keep the topic
Refactor split to extract the preparation of the working directory in a
separate function.
This helps topic wrap this function to save topic before update and restore it
after preparing the working directory just before the split.
#require test-repo pyflakes
Copied from Mercurial core (60ee2593a270)
$ cd "`dirname "$TESTDIR"`"
run pyflakes on all tracked files ending in .py or without a file ending
(skipping binary file random-seed)
$ hg locate 'set:(**.py or grep("^#!.*python")) - removed()' 2>/dev/null \
> | xargs pyflakes 2>/dev/null