Support wholesale directory renames in fast-import

Some source material (e.g. Subversion dump files) perform directory
renames without telling us exactly which files in that subdirectory
were moved.  This makes it hard for a frontend to convert such data
formats to a fast-import stream, as all the frontend has on hand
is "Rename a/ to b/" with no details about what files are in a/,
unless the frontend also kept track of all files.

The new 'R' subcommand within a commit allows the frontend to
rename either a file or an entire subdirectory, without needing to
know the object's SHA-1 or the specific files contained within it.
The rename is performed as efficiently as possible internally,
making it cheaper than a 'D'/'M' pair for a file rename.

Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>

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