exchange: support sorting URLs by client-side preferences
Not all bundles are appropriate for all clients. For example, someone
with a slow Internet connection may want to prefer bz2 bundles over gzip
bundles because they are smaller and don't take as long to transfer.
This is information that a server cannot know on its own. So, we invent
a mechanism for "preferring" server-advertised URLs based on their
attributes.
We could invent a negotiation between client and server where the client
sends its preferences and the sorting/filtering is done server-side.
However, this feels complex. We can avoid complicating the wire protocol
and exposing ourselves to backwards compatible concerns by performing
the sorting locally.
This patch defines a new config option for expressing preferred
attributes in server-advertised bundles.
At Mozilla, we leverage this feature so clients in fast data centers
prefer uncompressed bundles. (We advertise gzip bundles first because
that is a reasonable default.)
I consider this an advanced feature. I'm on the fence as to whether it
should be documented in `hg help config`.
$ hg init 1
$ echo '[ui]' >> 1/.hg/hgrc
$ echo 'timeout = 10' >> 1/.hg/hgrc
$ echo foo > 1/foo
$ hg --cwd 1 ci -A -m foo
adding foo
$ hg clone 1 2
updating to branch default
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ hg clone 2 3
updating to branch default
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ cat <<EOF > $TESTTMP/debuglocks-pretxn-hook.sh
> hg debuglocks
> true
> EOF
$ echo '[hooks]' >> 2/.hg/hgrc
$ echo "pretxnchangegroup.a = sh $TESTTMP/debuglocks-pretxn-hook.sh" >> 2/.hg/hgrc
$ echo 'changegroup.push = hg push -qf ../1' >> 2/.hg/hgrc
$ echo bar >> 3/foo
$ hg --cwd 3 ci -m bar
$ hg --cwd 3 push ../2 --config experimental.bundle2-exp=False
pushing to ../2
searching for changes
adding changesets
adding manifests
adding file changes
added 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files
lock: user *, process * (*s) (glob)
wlock: free
$ hg --cwd 1 --config extensions.strip= strip tip -q
$ hg --cwd 2 --config extensions.strip= strip tip -q
$ hg --cwd 3 push ../2 --config experimental.bundle2-exp=True
pushing to ../2
searching for changes
adding changesets
adding manifests
adding file changes
added 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files
lock: user *, process * (*s) (glob)
wlock: user *, process * (*s) (glob)