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revlog: add an experimental option to mitigated delta issues (issue5480)

The general delta heuristic to select a delta do not scale with the number of
branch. The delta base is frequently too far away to be able to reuse a chain
according to the "distance" criteria. This leads to insertion of larger delta (or
even full text) that themselves push the bases for the next delta further away
leading to more large deltas and full texts. This full text and frequent
recomputation throw Mercurial performance in disarray.

For example of a slightly large repository

  280 000 files (2 150 000 versions)
  430 000 changesets (10 000 topological heads)

Number below compares repository with and without the distance criteria:

manifest size:
    with:    21.4 GB
    without:  0.3 GB

store size:
    with:    28.7 GB
    without   7.4 GB

bundle last 15 00 revisions:
    with:    800 seconds
             971 MB
    without:  50 seconds
              73 MB

unbundle time (of the last 15K revisions):
    with:    1150 seconds (~19 minutes)
    without:   35 seconds

Similar issues has been observed in other repositories.


Adding a new option or "feature" on stable is uncommon. However, given that this
issues is making Mercurial practically unusable, I'm exceptionally targeting
this patch for stable.

What is actually needed is a full rework of the delta building and reading
logic. However, that will be a longer process and churn not suitable for stable.

In the meantime, we introduces a quick and dirty mitigation of this in the
'experimental' config space. The new option introduces a way to set the maximum
amount of memory usable to store a diff in memory. This extend the ability for
Mercurial to create chains without removing all safe guard regarding memory
access. The option should be phased out when core has a more proper solution
available.

Setting the limit to '0' remove all limits, setting it to '-1' use the default
limit (textsize x 4).

Test alignment of multibyte characters

  $ HGENCODING=utf-8
  $ export HGENCODING
  $ hg init t
  $ cd t
  $ python << EOF
  > # (byte, width) = (6, 4)
  > s = "\xe7\x9f\xad\xe5\x90\x8d"
  > # (byte, width) = (7, 7): odd width is good for alignment test
  > m = "MIDDLE_"
  > # (byte, width) = (18, 12)
  > l = "\xe9\x95\xb7\xe3\x81\x84\xe9\x95\xb7\xe3\x81\x84\xe5\x90\x8d\xe5\x89\x8d"
  > f = file('s', 'w'); f.write(s); f.close()
  > f = file('m', 'w'); f.write(m); f.close()
  > f = file('l', 'w'); f.write(l); f.close()
  > # instant extension to show list of options
  > f = file('showoptlist.py', 'w'); f.write("""# encoding: utf-8
  > from mercurial import registrar
  > cmdtable = {}
  > command = registrar.command(cmdtable)
  > 
  > @command(b'showoptlist',
  >     [('s', 'opt1', '', 'short width'  + ' %(s)s' * 8, '%(s)s'),
  >     ('m', 'opt2', '', 'middle width' + ' %(m)s' * 8, '%(m)s'),
  >     ('l', 'opt3', '', 'long width'   + ' %(l)s' * 8, '%(l)s')],
  >     '')
  > def showoptlist(ui, repo, *pats, **opts):
  >     '''dummy command to show option descriptions'''
  >     return 0
  > """ % globals())
  > f.close()
  > EOF
  $ S=`cat s`
  $ M=`cat m`
  $ L=`cat l`

alignment of option descriptions in help

  $ cat <<EOF > .hg/hgrc
  > [extensions]
  > ja_ext = `pwd`/showoptlist.py
  > EOF

check alignment of option descriptions in help

  $ hg help showoptlist
  hg showoptlist
  
  dummy command to show option descriptions
  
  options:
  
   -s --opt1 \xe7\x9f\xad\xe5\x90\x8d         short width \xe7\x9f\xad\xe5\x90\x8d \xe7\x9f\xad\xe5\x90\x8d \xe7\x9f\xad\xe5\x90\x8d \xe7\x9f\xad\xe5\x90\x8d \xe7\x9f\xad\xe5\x90\x8d \xe7\x9f\xad\xe5\x90\x8d \xe7\x9f\xad\xe5\x90\x8d \xe7\x9f\xad\xe5\x90\x8d (esc)
   -m --opt2 MIDDLE_      middle width MIDDLE_ MIDDLE_ MIDDLE_ MIDDLE_ MIDDLE_
                          MIDDLE_ MIDDLE_ MIDDLE_
   -l --opt3 \xe9\x95\xb7\xe3\x81\x84\xe9\x95\xb7\xe3\x81\x84\xe5\x90\x8d\xe5\x89\x8d long width \xe9\x95\xb7\xe3\x81\x84\xe9\x95\xb7\xe3\x81\x84\xe5\x90\x8d\xe5\x89\x8d \xe9\x95\xb7\xe3\x81\x84\xe9\x95\xb7\xe3\x81\x84\xe5\x90\x8d\xe5\x89\x8d \xe9\x95\xb7\xe3\x81\x84\xe9\x95\xb7\xe3\x81\x84\xe5\x90\x8d\xe5\x89\x8d (esc)
                          \xe9\x95\xb7\xe3\x81\x84\xe9\x95\xb7\xe3\x81\x84\xe5\x90\x8d\xe5\x89\x8d \xe9\x95\xb7\xe3\x81\x84\xe9\x95\xb7\xe3\x81\x84\xe5\x90\x8d\xe5\x89\x8d \xe9\x95\xb7\xe3\x81\x84\xe9\x95\xb7\xe3\x81\x84\xe5\x90\x8d\xe5\x89\x8d \xe9\x95\xb7\xe3\x81\x84\xe9\x95\xb7\xe3\x81\x84\xe5\x90\x8d\xe5\x89\x8d (esc)
                          \xe9\x95\xb7\xe3\x81\x84\xe9\x95\xb7\xe3\x81\x84\xe5\x90\x8d\xe5\x89\x8d (esc)
  
  (some details hidden, use --verbose to show complete help)


  $ rm -f s; touch s
  $ rm -f m; touch m
  $ rm -f l; touch l

add files

  $ cp s $S
  $ hg add $S
  $ cp m $M
  $ hg add $M
  $ cp l $L
  $ hg add $L

commit(1)

  $ echo 'first line(1)' >> s; cp s $S
  $ echo 'first line(2)' >> m; cp m $M
  $ echo 'first line(3)' >> l; cp l $L
  $ hg commit -m 'first commit' -u $S

commit(2)

  $ echo 'second line(1)' >> s; cp s $S
  $ echo 'second line(2)' >> m; cp m $M
  $ echo 'second line(3)' >> l; cp l $L
  $ hg commit -m 'second commit' -u $M

commit(3)

  $ echo 'third line(1)' >> s; cp s $S
  $ echo 'third line(2)' >> m; cp m $M
  $ echo 'third line(3)' >> l; cp l $L
  $ hg commit -m 'third commit' -u $L

check alignment of user names in annotate

  $ hg annotate -u $M
          \xe7\x9f\xad\xe5\x90\x8d: first line(2) (esc)
       MIDDLE_: second line(2)
  \xe9\x95\xb7\xe3\x81\x84\xe9\x95\xb7\xe3\x81\x84\xe5\x90\x8d\xe5\x89\x8d: third line(2) (esc)

check alignment of filenames in diffstat

  $ hg diff -c tip --stat
   MIDDLE_      |  1 +
   \xe7\x9f\xad\xe5\x90\x8d         |  1 + (esc)
   \xe9\x95\xb7\xe3\x81\x84\xe9\x95\xb7\xe3\x81\x84\xe5\x90\x8d\xe5\x89\x8d |  1 + (esc)
   3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

add branches/tags

  $ hg branch $S
  marked working directory as branch \xe7\x9f\xad\xe5\x90\x8d (esc)
  (branches are permanent and global, did you want a bookmark?)
  $ hg tag $S
  $ hg book -f $S
  $ hg branch $M
  marked working directory as branch MIDDLE_
  $ hg tag $M
  $ hg book -f $M
  $ hg branch $L
  marked working directory as branch \xe9\x95\xb7\xe3\x81\x84\xe9\x95\xb7\xe3\x81\x84\xe5\x90\x8d\xe5\x89\x8d (esc)
  $ hg tag $L
  $ hg book -f $L

check alignment of branches

  $ hg branches
  \xe9\x95\xb7\xe3\x81\x84\xe9\x95\xb7\xe3\x81\x84\xe5\x90\x8d\xe5\x89\x8d                   5:d745ff46155b (esc)
  MIDDLE_                        4:9259be597f19 (inactive)
  \xe7\x9f\xad\xe5\x90\x8d                           3:b06c5b6def9e (inactive) (esc)
  default                        2:64a70663cee8 (inactive)

check alignment of tags

  $ hg tags
  tip                                5:d745ff46155b
  \xe9\x95\xb7\xe3\x81\x84\xe9\x95\xb7\xe3\x81\x84\xe5\x90\x8d\xe5\x89\x8d                       4:9259be597f19 (esc)
  MIDDLE_                            3:b06c5b6def9e
  \xe7\x9f\xad\xe5\x90\x8d                               2:64a70663cee8 (esc)

check alignment of bookmarks

  $ hg book
     MIDDLE_                   5:d745ff46155b
     \xe7\x9f\xad\xe5\x90\x8d                      4:9259be597f19 (esc)
   * \xe9\x95\xb7\xe3\x81\x84\xe9\x95\xb7\xe3\x81\x84\xe5\x90\x8d\xe5\x89\x8d              5:d745ff46155b (esc)