sync: Support pluggable remote helpers for smart sync manifest server.

Introduce support for pluggable remote helpers (declared via the
optional 'helper' attribute in <manifest-server>) to dynamically resolve
proxy addresses. Route the XML-RPC manifest server connection through
the resolved proxy.

Bug: b/517477903
Change-Id: I3b6b8ea2640bb077521df4b4a9e8a34a8c6ecdad
Reviewed-on: https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/c/git-repo/+/591642
Tested-by: Rahul Yadav <yadavrah@google.com>
Commit-Queue: Rahul Yadav <yadavrah@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Gavin Mak <gavinmak@google.com>

man/repo-manifest.1

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man.
-.TH REPO "1" "April 2026" "repo manifest" "Repo Manual"
+.TH REPO "1" "June 2026" "repo manifest" "Repo Manual"
 .SH NAME
 repo \- repo manifest - manual page for repo manifest
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ include*)>
 .IP
 <!ELEMENT manifest\-server EMPTY>
 <!ATTLIST manifest\-server url CDATA #REQUIRED>
+<!ATTLIST manifest\-server helper CDATA #IMPLIED>
 .IP
 <!ELEMENT submanifest EMPTY>
 <!ATTLIST submanifest name           ID    #REQUIRED>
@@ -347,6 +348,11 @@ specify the URL of a manifest server, which is an XML RPC service.
 .PP
 See the [smart sync documentation](./smart\-sync.md) for more details.
 .PP
+Attribute `url`: The URL of the manifest server.
+.PP
+Attribute `helper`: Optional name of a remote helper binary to execute to
+resolve proxying or authentication for the manifest server.
+.PP
 Element submanifest
 .PP
 One or more submanifest elements may be specified. Each element describes a