windows: prevent bytes from being passed to registry APIs
There was a TortoiseHg bug report in this area[1], and from inspection, it looks
like passing `b""` as `valname` would fail to convert to unicode. The
underlying API allows both `""` and `NULL` to return the default value for the
key.
[1] https://foss.heptapod.net/mercurial/tortoisehg/thg/-/issues/5803
== New Features ==
* The amend extension supports the `--currentuser` argument.
* The amend extension supports the `--close-branch` argument.
* The amend extension supports the `--secret` argument.
* The uncommit extension supports the `rewrite.update-timestamp` config option.
== New Experimental Features ==
== Bug Fixes ==
== Backwards Compatibility Changes ==
* A shell that supports `$(command)`` syntax for command substitution is now
required for running the test suite. The test runner normally uses
`sh`, so if that is a shell that doesn't support `$(command)` syntax,
you can override it by setting `$HGTEST_SHELL` or by passing it to
`run-tests.py --shell <shell>`.
* The (experimental) narrow extension's wire protocol changed. If
you're using it, you'll need to make sure to upgrade server and
client at the same time.
== Internal API Changes ==