cext: increment the `parsers` module version We introduced a new `slicechunktodensity` method to the index.

sparse-revlog: introduce native (C) implementation of slicechunktodensity This is a C implementation of `_slicechunktodensity` in the `mercurial/revlogutils/deltas.py` file. The algorithm involves a lot of integer manipulation and low-level access to index data. Having a C implementation of it raises a large performance improvement. See later changeset in this series for details.

sparse-revlog: add a `trim_endidx` function in C We are about to implement a native version of `slicechunktodensity`. For clarity, we introduce the helper functions first. This function implement a subpart of the python function `_trimchunk` in `mercurial/revlogutils/deltas.py`. Handling of actual Python objects is left to the caller function.

sparse-revlog: add a `index_segment_span` function in C We are about to implement a native version of `slicechunktodensity`. For clarity, we introduce the helper functions first. This new function provides an efficient way to retrieve some of the information needed by `slicechunktodensity`.

sparse-revlog: add a `index_get_length` function in C We are about to implement a native version of `slicechunktodensity`. For clarity, we introduce the helper functions first. This new function provides an efficient way to retrieve some of the information needed by `slicechunktodensity`.

sparse-revlog: add a `index_get_start` function in C We are about to implement a native version of `slicechunktodensity`. For clarity, we introduce the helper functions first. This new function provides an efficient way to retrieve some of the information needed by `slicechunktodensity`.

perf: add --clear-revlog flag to branchmapload Having the changelog index already loaded when loading the branchmap can have a large impact on performance. Example runs (large private repository): hg perfbranchmapload -f base ! wall 0.116722 comb 0.120000 user 0.110000 sys 0.010000 (best of 59) hg perfbranchmapload -f base --clear-revlogs ! wall 0.258246 comb 0.230000 user 0.220000 sys 0.010000 (best of 31)

perf: introduce a function to fully "unload" a changelog The function remove various attributes and caches related to changelog. This is getting a common requirement.

perf: use an explicit function in perfbranchmapload This make things clearer.

perf: update function name to match `perfbranchmapload` command Having function with the same name as the command is simpler.