misc: updated shabang for python script

The default python on MacOS doesn’t have an alias to python2.
The official python version supported in gem5 is Python2.7.

This patch updates the shabang according to the version required in gem5.

Change-Id: I9533c0f7858b5b3cab0ef101be1ee5cd718105b0
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/15375
Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>
Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>

misc: Update #!env calls for python to explicit version

In some newer Linux distributions, env python default to Python 3.0. This
patch explicitly uses "python2" instead of just "python" for all scripts
that use #!

Reported-by: Sanchayan Maity <maitysanchayan@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason Lowe-Power <jason@lowepower.com>

style: improve compatibility with old git versions

Older versions of git need the '=' to connect --diff-filter to
its argument.

Change-Id: Ic62057567db061684be88a7c2d80a6a5d4c11dcf

style: Add repository helper functions

Add an AbstractRepo class and implementations for git and Mercurial
that provide a common interface to query repository status for style
checkers. The class defines the interfaces to list modified files that
are about to be committed and methods to identify changed regions.

Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Curtis Dunham <curtis.dunham@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Steve Reinhardt <steve.reinhardt@amd.com>