tests/test-qrecord.t

localrepo: experimental support for non-zlib revlog compression

The final part of integrating the compression manager APIs into
revlog storage is the plumbing for repositories to advertise they
are using non-zlib storage and for revlogs to instantiate a non-zlib
compression engine.

The main intent of the compression manager work was to zstd all
of the things. Adding zstd to revlogs has proved to be more involved
than other places because revlogs are... special. Very small inputs
and the use of delta chains (which are themselves a form of
compression) are a completely different use case from streaming
compression, which bundles and the wire protocol employ. I've
conducted numerous experiments with zstd in revlogs and have yet
to formalize compression settings and a storage architecture that
I'm confident I won't regret later. In other words, I'm not yet
ready to commit to a new mechanism for using zstd - or any other
compression format - in revlogs.

That being said, having some support for zstd (and other compression
formats) in revlogs in core is beneficial. It can allow others to
conduct experiments.

This patch introduces *highly experimental* support for non-zlib
compression formats in revlogs. Introduced is a config option to
control which compression engine to use. Also introduced is a namespace
of "exp-compression-*" requirements to denote support for non-zlib
compression in revlogs. I've prefixed the namespace with "exp-"
(short for "experimental") because I'm not confident of the
requirements "schema" and in no way want to give the illusion of
supporting these requirements in the future. I fully intend to drop
support for these requirements once we figure out what we're doing
with zstd in revlogs.

A good portion of the patch is teaching the requirements system
about registered compression engines and passing the requested
compression engine as an opener option so revlogs can instantiate
the proper compression engine for new operations.

That's a verbose way of saying "we can now use zstd in revlogs!"

On an `hg pull` conversion of the mozilla-unified repo with no extra
redelta settings (like aggressivemergedeltas), we can see the impact
of zstd vs zlib in revlogs:

$ hg perfrevlogchunks -c
! chunk
! wall 2.032052 comb 2.040000 user 1.990000 sys 0.050000 (best of 5)
! wall 1.866360 comb 1.860000 user 1.820000 sys 0.040000 (best of 6)

! chunk batch
! wall 1.877261 comb 1.870000 user 1.860000 sys 0.010000 (best of 6)
! wall 1.705410 comb 1.710000 user 1.690000 sys 0.020000 (best of 6)

$ hg perfrevlogchunks -m
! chunk
! wall 2.721427 comb 2.720000 user 2.640000 sys 0.080000 (best of 4)
! wall 2.035076 comb 2.030000 user 1.950000 sys 0.080000 (best of 5)

! chunk batch
! wall 2.614561 comb 2.620000 user 2.580000 sys 0.040000 (best of 4)
! wall 1.910252 comb 1.910000 user 1.880000 sys 0.030000 (best of 6)

$ hg perfrevlog -c -d 1
! wall 4.812885 comb 4.820000 user 4.800000 sys 0.020000 (best of 3)
! wall 4.699621 comb 4.710000 user 4.700000 sys 0.010000 (best of 3)

$ hg perfrevlog -m -d 1000
! wall 34.252800 comb 34.250000 user 33.730000 sys 0.520000 (best of 3)
! wall 24.094999 comb 24.090000 user 23.320000 sys 0.770000 (best of 3)

Only modest wins for the changelog. But manifest reading is
significantly faster. What's going on?

One reason might be data volume. zstd decompresses faster. So given
more bytes, it will put more distance between it and zlib.

Another reason is size. In the current design, zstd revlogs are
*larger*:

debugcreatestreamclonebundle (size in bytes)
zlib: 1,638,852,492
zstd: 1,680,601,332

I haven't investigated this fully, but I reckon a significant cause of
larger revlogs is that the zstd frame/header has more bytes than
zlib's. For very small inputs or data that doesn't compress well, we'll
tend to store more uncompressed chunks than with zlib (because the
compressed size isn't smaller than original). This will make revlog
reading faster because it is doing less decompression.

Moving on to bundle performance:

$ hg bundle -a -t none-v2 (total CPU time)
zlib: 102.79s
zstd:  97.75s

So, marginal CPU decrease for reading all chunks in all revlogs
(this is somewhat disappointing).

$ hg bundle -a -t <engine>-v2 (total CPU time)
zlib: 191.59s
zstd: 115.36s

This last test effectively measures the difference between zlib->zlib
and zstd->zstd for revlogs to bundle. This is a rough approximation of
what a server does during `hg clone`.

There are some promising results for zstd. But not enough for me to
feel comfortable advertising it to users. We'll get there...

Create configuration

  $ echo "[ui]" >> $HGRCPATH
  $ echo "interactive=true" >> $HGRCPATH

help record (no record)

  $ hg help record
  record extension - commands to interactively select changes for
  commit/qrefresh (DEPRECATED)
  
  The feature provided by this extension has been moved into core Mercurial as
  'hg commit --interactive'.
  
  (use 'hg help extensions' for information on enabling extensions)

help qrecord (no record)

  $ hg help qrecord
  'qrecord' is provided by the following extension:
  
      record        commands to interactively select changes for commit/qrefresh
                    (DEPRECATED)
  
  (use 'hg help extensions' for information on enabling extensions)

  $ echo "[extensions]"     >> $HGRCPATH
  $ echo "record="          >> $HGRCPATH

help record (record)

  $ hg help record
  hg record [OPTION]... [FILE]...
  
  interactively select changes to commit
  
      If a list of files is omitted, all changes reported by 'hg status' will be
      candidates for recording.
  
      See 'hg help dates' for a list of formats valid for -d/--date.
  
      You will be prompted for whether to record changes to each modified file,
      and for files with multiple changes, for each change to use. For each
      query, the following responses are possible:
  
        y - record this change
        n - skip this change
        e - edit this change manually
  
        s - skip remaining changes to this file
        f - record remaining changes to this file
  
        d - done, skip remaining changes and files
        a - record all changes to all remaining files
        q - quit, recording no changes
  
        ? - display help
  
      This command is not available when committing a merge.
  
  (use 'hg help -e record' to show help for the record extension)
  
  options ([+] can be repeated):
  
   -A --addremove           mark new/missing files as added/removed before
                            committing
      --close-branch        mark a branch head as closed
      --amend               amend the parent of the working directory
   -s --secret              use the secret phase for committing
   -e --edit                invoke editor on commit messages
   -I --include PATTERN [+] include names matching the given patterns
   -X --exclude PATTERN [+] exclude names matching the given patterns
   -m --message TEXT        use text as commit message
   -l --logfile FILE        read commit message from file
   -d --date DATE           record the specified date as commit date
   -u --user USER           record the specified user as committer
   -S --subrepos            recurse into subrepositories
   -w --ignore-all-space    ignore white space when comparing lines
   -b --ignore-space-change ignore changes in the amount of white space
   -B --ignore-blank-lines  ignore changes whose lines are all blank
  
  (some details hidden, use --verbose to show complete help)

help (no mq, so no qrecord)

  $ hg help qrecord
  hg qrecord [OPTION]... PATCH [FILE]...
  
  interactively record a new patch
  
      See 'hg help qnew' & 'hg help record' for more information and usage.
  
  (some details hidden, use --verbose to show complete help)

  $ hg init a

qrecord (mq not present)

  $ hg -R a qrecord
  hg qrecord: invalid arguments
  hg qrecord [OPTION]... PATCH [FILE]...
  
  interactively record a new patch
  
  (use 'hg qrecord -h' to show more help)
  [255]

qrecord patch (mq not present)

  $ hg -R a qrecord patch
  abort: 'mq' extension not loaded
  [255]

help (bad mq)

  $ echo "mq=nonexistent" >> $HGRCPATH
  $ hg help qrecord
  *** failed to import extension mq from nonexistent: [Errno *] * (glob)
  hg qrecord [OPTION]... PATCH [FILE]...
  
  interactively record a new patch
  
      See 'hg help qnew' & 'hg help record' for more information and usage.
  
  (some details hidden, use --verbose to show complete help)

help (mq present)

  $ sed 's/mq=nonexistent/mq=/' $HGRCPATH > hgrc.tmp
  $ mv hgrc.tmp $HGRCPATH

  $ hg help qrecord
  hg qrecord [OPTION]... PATCH [FILE]...
  
  interactively record a new patch
  
      See 'hg help qnew' & 'hg help record' for more information and usage.
  
  options ([+] can be repeated):
  
   -e --edit                invoke editor on commit messages
   -g --git                 use git extended diff format
   -U --currentuser         add "From: <current user>" to patch
   -u --user USER           add "From: <USER>" to patch
   -D --currentdate         add "Date: <current date>" to patch
   -d --date DATE           add "Date: <DATE>" to patch
   -I --include PATTERN [+] include names matching the given patterns
   -X --exclude PATTERN [+] exclude names matching the given patterns
   -m --message TEXT        use text as commit message
   -l --logfile FILE        read commit message from file
   -w --ignore-all-space    ignore white space when comparing lines
   -b --ignore-space-change ignore changes in the amount of white space
   -B --ignore-blank-lines  ignore changes whose lines are all blank
      --mq                  operate on patch repository
  
  (some details hidden, use --verbose to show complete help)

  $ cd a

Base commit

  $ cat > 1.txt <<EOF
  > 1
  > 2
  > 3
  > 4
  > 5
  > EOF
  $ cat > 2.txt <<EOF
  > a
  > b
  > c
  > d
  > e
  > f
  > EOF

  $ mkdir dir
  $ cat > dir/a.txt <<EOF
  > hello world
  > 
  > someone
  > up
  > there
  > loves
  > me
  > EOF

  $ hg add 1.txt 2.txt dir/a.txt
  $ hg commit -m 'initial checkin'

Changing files

  $ sed -e 's/2/2 2/;s/4/4 4/' 1.txt > 1.txt.new
  $ sed -e 's/b/b b/' 2.txt > 2.txt.new
  $ sed -e 's/hello world/hello world!/' dir/a.txt > dir/a.txt.new

  $ mv -f 1.txt.new 1.txt
  $ mv -f 2.txt.new 2.txt
  $ mv -f dir/a.txt.new dir/a.txt

Whole diff

  $ hg diff --nodates
  diff -r 1057167b20ef 1.txt
  --- a/1.txt
  +++ b/1.txt
  @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
   1
  -2
  +2 2
   3
  -4
  +4 4
   5
  diff -r 1057167b20ef 2.txt
  --- a/2.txt
  +++ b/2.txt
  @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
   a
  -b
  +b b
   c
   d
   e
  diff -r 1057167b20ef dir/a.txt
  --- a/dir/a.txt
  +++ b/dir/a.txt
  @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
  -hello world
  +hello world!
   
   someone
   up

qrecord with bad patch name, should abort before prompting

  $ hg qrecord .hg
  abort: patch name cannot begin with ".hg"
  [255]

qrecord a.patch

  $ hg qrecord -d '0 0' -m aaa a.patch <<EOF
  > y
  > y
  > n
  > y
  > y
  > n
  > EOF
  diff --git a/1.txt b/1.txt
  2 hunks, 2 lines changed
  examine changes to '1.txt'? [Ynesfdaq?] y
  
  @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
   1
  -2
  +2 2
   3
  record change 1/4 to '1.txt'? [Ynesfdaq?] y
  
  @@ -3,3 +3,3 @@
   3
  -4
  +4 4
   5
  record change 2/4 to '1.txt'? [Ynesfdaq?] n
  
  diff --git a/2.txt b/2.txt
  1 hunks, 1 lines changed
  examine changes to '2.txt'? [Ynesfdaq?] y
  
  @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
   a
  -b
  +b b
   c
   d
   e
  record change 3/4 to '2.txt'? [Ynesfdaq?] y
  
  diff --git a/dir/a.txt b/dir/a.txt
  1 hunks, 1 lines changed
  examine changes to 'dir/a.txt'? [Ynesfdaq?] n
  

After qrecord a.patch 'tip'"

  $ hg tip -p
  changeset:   1:5d1ca63427ee
  tag:         a.patch
  tag:         qbase
  tag:         qtip
  tag:         tip
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     aaa
  
  diff -r 1057167b20ef -r 5d1ca63427ee 1.txt
  --- a/1.txt	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  +++ b/1.txt	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
   1
  -2
  +2 2
   3
   4
   5
  diff -r 1057167b20ef -r 5d1ca63427ee 2.txt
  --- a/2.txt	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  +++ b/2.txt	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
   a
  -b
  +b b
   c
   d
   e
  

After qrecord a.patch 'diff'"

  $ hg diff --nodates
  diff -r 5d1ca63427ee 1.txt
  --- a/1.txt
  +++ b/1.txt
  @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
   1
   2 2
   3
  -4
  +4 4
   5
  diff -r 5d1ca63427ee dir/a.txt
  --- a/dir/a.txt
  +++ b/dir/a.txt
  @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
  -hello world
  +hello world!
   
   someone
   up

qrecord b.patch

  $ hg qrecord -d '0 0' -m bbb b.patch <<EOF
  > y
  > y
  > y
  > y
  > EOF
  diff --git a/1.txt b/1.txt
  1 hunks, 1 lines changed
  examine changes to '1.txt'? [Ynesfdaq?] y
  
  @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
   1
   2 2
   3
  -4
  +4 4
   5
  record change 1/2 to '1.txt'? [Ynesfdaq?] y
  
  diff --git a/dir/a.txt b/dir/a.txt
  1 hunks, 1 lines changed
  examine changes to 'dir/a.txt'? [Ynesfdaq?] y
  
  @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
  -hello world
  +hello world!
   
   someone
   up
  record change 2/2 to 'dir/a.txt'? [Ynesfdaq?] y
  

After qrecord b.patch 'tip'

  $ hg tip -p
  changeset:   2:b056198bf878
  tag:         b.patch
  tag:         qtip
  tag:         tip
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     bbb
  
  diff -r 5d1ca63427ee -r b056198bf878 1.txt
  --- a/1.txt	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  +++ b/1.txt	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
   1
   2 2
   3
  -4
  +4 4
   5
  diff -r 5d1ca63427ee -r b056198bf878 dir/a.txt
  --- a/dir/a.txt	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  +++ b/dir/a.txt	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
  -hello world
  +hello world!
   
   someone
   up
  

After qrecord b.patch 'diff'

  $ hg diff --nodates

  $ cd ..