Gregory Szorc <gregory.szorc@gmail.com> [Sun, 17 Jul 2016 15:10:30 -0700] rev 29592
util: implement a deterministic __repr__ on sortdict
`hg debugbundle` is calling repr() on bundle2 part params, which are
now util.sortdict instances. Unfortunately, repr() doesn't appear
to be deterministic for util.sortdict. So, we implement one.
We include the type name because that's the common convention for
__repr__ implementations. Having the type name in `hg debugbundle`
is a bit ugly. But it's a debug command and I don't care enough to
fix it.
Gregory Szorc <gregory.szorc@gmail.com> [Sun, 17 Jul 2016 14:51:00 -0700] rev 29591
bundle2: use a sorted dict for holding parameters
An upcoming change that introduces a 2nd part parameter to a part
reveals that `hg debugbundle` isn't deterministic because parameters
are stored on n plain, unsorted dict.
While we could change that command to sort before output, I think
the more important underlying issue is that bundle2 reading is taking
an ordered data structure and converting it to an unordered one.
Plugging in util.sortdict() fixes that problem while preserving API
compatibility.
This patch also appears to shine light on the fact that we don't
have tests verifying parts with multiple parameters roundtrip
correctly. That would be a good thing to test (and fuzz)... someday.
Gregory Szorc <gregory.szorc@gmail.com> [Fri, 15 Jul 2016 13:41:34 -0700] rev 29590
wireproto: extract repo filtering to standalone function
As part of teaching Mozilla's replication extension to better handle
repositories with obsolescence data, I encountered a few scenarios
where I wanted built-in wire protocol commands from replication clients
to operate on unfiltered repositories so they could have access to
obsolete changesets.
While the undocumented "web.view" config option provides a mechanism
to choose what filter/view hgweb operates on, this doesn't apply
to wire protocol commands because wireproto.dispatch() is always
operating on the "served" repo.
This patch extracts the line for obtaining the repo that
wireproto commands operate on to its own function so extensions
can monkeypatch it to e.g. return an unfiltered repo.
I stopped short of exposing a config option because I view the use
case for changing this as a niche feature, best left to the domain
of extensions.
Gregory Szorc <gregory.szorc@gmail.com> [Thu, 14 Jul 2016 19:16:46 -0700] rev 29589
url: add distribution and version to user-agent request header (BC)
As a server operator, I've always wanted to know what Mercurial
version clients are running so I can track version adoption and
make informed decisions about which versions of Mercurial to
support in extensions. Unfortunately, there is no easy way to discern
this today: the best you can do is look for high-level feature usage
(e.g. bundle2) or sniff capabilities from bundle2 commands. And these
things aren't changed frequently enough to tell you anything that
interesting.
Nearly every piece of software talking HTTP sends its version in
the user agent. This includes web browsers, curl, and even Git.
This patch adds the distribution name and version to the user-agent
HTTP request header. We choose "Mercurial" for the distribution
name because that seems appropriate. The version string comes
from __version__.
The value is inside parenthesis for a few reasons:
* The version *may* contain spaces
* Alternate forms like "Mercurial/<version>" imply structure and
since the user agent should not be used by servers for protocol
or feature negotiation/detection, we don't want to even give the
illusion that the value should be parsed. A free form field is
the most hostile to parsing.
Flagging the patch as BC so it shows up in release notes. This
change should be backwards compatible. But I wouldn't be surprised if
a server somewhere is filtering on the exact old user agent string. So
I want to make noise about this change.