hgext/factotum.py

revlog: change generaldelta delta parent heuristic

The old generaldelta heuristic was "if p1 (or p2) was closer than the last full text,
use it, otherwise use prev". This was problematic when a repo contained multiple
branches that were very different. If commits to branch A were pushed, and the
last full text was branch B, it would generate a fulltext. Then if branch B was
pushed, it would generate another fulltext. The problem is that the last
fulltext (and delta'ing against `prev` in general) has no correlation with the
contents of the incoming revision, and therefore will always have degenerate
cases.

According to the blame, that algorithm was chosen to minimize the chain length.
Since there is already code that protects against that (the delta-vs-fulltext
code), and since it has been improved since the original generaldelta algorithm
went in (2011), I believe the chain length criteria will still be preserved.

The new algorithm always diffs against p1 (or p2 if it's closer), unless the
resulting delta will fail the delta-vs-fulltext check, in which case we delta
against prev.

Some before and after stats on manifest.d size.

internal large repo
old heuristic - 2.0 GB
new heuristic - 1.2 GB

mozilla-central
old heuristic - 242 MB
new heuristic - 261 MB

The regression in mozilla central is due to the new heuristic choosing p2r as
the delta when it's closer to the tip. Switching the algorithm to always prefer
p1r brings the size back down (242 MB). This is result of the way in which
mozilla does merges and pushes, and the result could easily swing the other
direction in other repos (depending on if they merge X into Y or Y into X), but
will never be as degenerate as before.

I future patch will address the regression by introducing an optional, even more
aggressive delta heuristic which will knock the mozilla manifest size down
dramatically.

# factotum.py - Plan 9 factotum integration for Mercurial
#
# Copyright (C) 2012 Steven Stallion <[e-mail]>
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'''http authentication with factotum

This extension allows the factotum(4) facility on Plan 9 from Bell Labs
platforms to provide authentication information for HTTP access. Configuration
entries specified in the auth section as well as authentication information
provided in the repository URL are fully supported. If no prefix is specified,
a value of "*" will be assumed.

By default, keys are specified as::

  proto=pass service=hg prefix=<prefix> user=<username> !password=<password>

If the factotum extension is unable to read the required key, one will be
requested interactively.

A configuration section is available to customize runtime behavior. By
default, these entries are::

  [factotum]
  executable = /bin/auth/factotum
  mountpoint = /mnt/factotum
  service = hg

The executable entry defines the full path to the factotum binary. The
mountpoint entry defines the path to the factotum file service. Lastly, the
service entry controls the service name used when reading keys.

'''

from mercurial.i18n import _
from mercurial.url import passwordmgr
from mercurial import httpconnection, util
import os, urllib2

ERRMAX = 128

_executable = _mountpoint = _service = None

def auth_getkey(self, params):
    if not self.ui.interactive():
        raise util.Abort(_('factotum not interactive'))
    if 'user=' not in params:
        params = '%s user?' % params
    params = '%s !password?' % params
    os.system("%s -g '%s'" % (_executable, params))

def auth_getuserpasswd(self, getkey, params):
    params = 'proto=pass %s' % params
    while True:
        fd = os.open('%s/rpc' % _mountpoint, os.O_RDWR)
        try:
            os.write(fd, 'start %s' % params)
            l = os.read(fd, ERRMAX).split()
            if l[0] == 'ok':
                os.write(fd, 'read')
                status, user, passwd = os.read(fd, ERRMAX).split(None, 2)
                if status == 'ok':
                    if passwd.startswith("'"):
                        if passwd.endswith("'"):
                            passwd = passwd[1:-1].replace("''", "'")
                        else:
                            raise util.Abort(_('malformed password string'))
                    return (user, passwd)
        except (OSError, IOError):
            raise util.Abort(_('factotum not responding'))
        finally:
            os.close(fd)
        getkey(self, params)

def monkeypatch_method(cls):
    def decorator(func):
        setattr(cls, func.__name__, func)
        return func
    return decorator

@monkeypatch_method(passwordmgr)
def find_user_password(self, realm, authuri):
    user, passwd = urllib2.HTTPPasswordMgrWithDefaultRealm.find_user_password(
        self, realm, authuri)
    if user and passwd:
        self._writedebug(user, passwd)
        return (user, passwd)

    prefix = ''
    res = httpconnection.readauthforuri(self.ui, authuri, user)
    if res:
        _, auth = res
        prefix = auth.get('prefix')
        user, passwd = auth.get('username'), auth.get('password')
    if not user or not passwd:
        if not prefix:
            prefix = realm.split(' ')[0].lower()
        params = 'service=%s prefix=%s' % (_service, prefix)
        if user:
            params = '%s user=%s' % (params, user)
        user, passwd = auth_getuserpasswd(self, auth_getkey, params)

    self.add_password(realm, authuri, user, passwd)
    self._writedebug(user, passwd)
    return (user, passwd)

def uisetup(ui):
    global _executable
    _executable = ui.config('factotum', 'executable', '/bin/auth/factotum')
    global _mountpoint
    _mountpoint = ui.config('factotum', 'mountpoint', '/mnt/factotum')
    global _service
    _service = ui.config('factotum', 'service', 'hg')