hgext/closehead.py

bookflow: new extension for bookmark-based branching

This extension should be helpful for feature branches - based workflows.
At my company we first considered branches, but weren't sure about creating a lot of permanent objects.
We tried bookmarks, but found some scenarios to be difficult to control.

The main problem, was the active bookmark being moved on update.
Disabling that made everything a lot more predictable.

Bookmarks move on commit, and updating means switching between them.

The extension also implements a few minor features to better guide the workflow:
  - hg bookmark NAME can be ambiguous (create or move), unlike hg branch. The extension requires -rev to move.
  - require an active bookmark on commit.
  - some bookmarks can be protected (like @), useful for teams, that require code reviews.
  - block creation of new branches.

The initial implementation requires no changes in the core, but it does rely on some implementation details.
I thought it may be useful to discuss the functionality first, and then focus making the code more robust.

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D4312

# closehead.py - Close arbitrary heads without checking them out first
#
# This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of the
# GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.

'''close arbitrary heads without checking them out first'''

from __future__ import absolute_import

from mercurial.i18n import _
from mercurial import (
    bookmarks,
    cmdutil,
    context,
    error,
    pycompat,
    registrar,
    scmutil,
)

cmdtable = {}
command = registrar.command(cmdtable)
# Note for extension authors: ONLY specify testedwith = 'ships-with-hg-core' for
# extensions which SHIP WITH MERCURIAL. Non-mainline extensions should
# be specifying the version(s) of Mercurial they are tested with, or
# leave the attribute unspecified.
testedwith = 'ships-with-hg-core'

commitopts = cmdutil.commitopts
commitopts2 = cmdutil.commitopts2
commitopts3 = [('r', 'rev', [],
               _('revision to check'), _('REV'))]

@command('close-head|close-heads', commitopts + commitopts2 + commitopts3,
    _('[OPTION]... [REV]...'),
    helpcategory=command.CATEGORY_CHANGE_MANAGEMENT,
    inferrepo=True)
def close_branch(ui, repo, *revs, **opts):
    """close the given head revisions

    This is equivalent to checking out each revision in a clean tree and running
    ``hg commit --close-branch``, except that it doesn't change the working
    directory.

    The commit message must be specified with -l or -m.
    """
    def docommit(rev):
        cctx = context.memctx(repo, parents=[rev, None], text=message,
                              files=[], filectxfn=None, user=opts.get('user'),
                              date=opts.get('date'), extra=extra)
        tr = repo.transaction('commit')
        ret = repo.commitctx(cctx, True)
        bookmarks.update(repo, [rev, None], ret)
        cctx.markcommitted(ret)
        tr.close()

    opts = pycompat.byteskwargs(opts)

    revs += tuple(opts.get('rev', []))
    revs = scmutil.revrange(repo, revs)

    if not revs:
        raise error.Abort(_('no revisions specified'))

    heads = []
    for branch in repo.branchmap():
        heads.extend(repo.branchheads(branch))
    heads = set(repo[h].rev() for h in heads)
    for rev in revs:
        if rev not in heads:
            raise error.Abort(_('revision is not an open head: %d') % rev)

    message = cmdutil.logmessage(ui, opts)
    if not message:
        raise error.Abort(_("no commit message specified with -l or -m"))
    extra = { 'close': '1' }

    with repo.wlock(), repo.lock():
        for rev in revs:
            r = repo[rev]
            branch = r.branch()
            extra['branch'] = branch
            docommit(r)
    return 0