merge: remove direct rustmod reference
We shouldn't rely on this member being present in `dirstate.py`, this creates
unnecessary coupling.
This also can trigger certain issues in edge-cases where the policy is changed
at runtime or multiple Python environments fight, which is an added bonus.
Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D12217
Test null revisions (node 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000, aka rev -1)
in various circumstances.
Make an empty repo:
$ hg init a
$ cd a
$ hg files -r 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
[1]
$ hg files -r .
[1]
Add an empty commit (this makes the changelog refer to a null manifest node):
$ hg commit -m "init" --config ui.allowemptycommit=true
$ hg files -r .
[1]
Strip that empty commit (this makes the changelog file empty, as opposed to missing):
$ hg --config 'extensions.strip=' strip . > /dev/null
$ hg files -r .
[1]