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[mounts] Make it easier to pass identical uid/gid mappings

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Description

**What are you trying to do?**
With the new security restrictions in place for sshfs mounts, users will need to pass uid/gid mappings even when no real mapping is necessary. So we could make it easier to pass a mapping where the host uid/gid is equal to the remote one.

**What's your proposed solution?**
Allow the `--uid-map` and `--gid-map` options on the `mount` command to take in a single uid/gid instead of a pair and interpret it as an identical map e.g. have
```
mp mount -u 1000 -g 2000
```
be equivalent to
```
mp mount -u 1000:1000 -g 2000:2000
```

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Research direction

Trace the mount command's --uid-map and --gid-map option handling, starting with the CLI parsing entry point. Confirm how single values and uid:uid or gid:gid pairs are currently validated, then add coverage showing that a single value produces an identical mapping and that existing pair syntax remains unchanged.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
55/100

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