fix backtrace printed when cannot get lock.
change lock error handling code so exceptions have useful info and
exception handling in one place.
add test case for when cannot get lock.
%% no merges expected
%% merge should fail
abort: 'b' already exists in the working dir and differs from remote
%% merge of b expected
merging for b
merging b
%%
Contents of b should be "this is file b1"
This is file b1
%% merge fails
abort: outstanding uncommitted changes
%% merge expected!
merging for b
merging b
%% merge of b should fail
abort: outstanding uncommitted changes
%% merge of b expected
merging for b
merging b