Tue, 10 Apr 2018 14:29:15 -0700 wireproto: define and implement HTTP handshake to upgrade protocol
Gregory Szorc <gregory.szorc@gmail.com> [Tue, 10 Apr 2018 14:29:15 -0700] rev 37557
wireproto: define and implement HTTP handshake to upgrade protocol When clients connect to repositories over HTTP, they issue a request to the well-known URL "?cmd=capabilities" to fetch the repository capabilities. This is the handshake portion of the HTTP protocol. This commit defines a mechanism to use that HTTP request to return information about modern server features. If a client sends an X-HgUpgrade-* header containing a list of client-supported API names, the server responds with a response containing information about available services. This includes the normal capabilities string. So if the server doesn't support any newer services, the client can easily fall back. By advertising supported services from clients, server operators can see and log what client support exists in the wild. This will also help with debugging. The response contains the base path to API services. We know there are potential issues with the <repo>/api/ URL space conflicting with hgwebdir and subrepos. By making the API URL dynamic from the perspective of the client, the URL for APIs is not subject to backwards compatibility concerns - at least as long as a ?cmd=capabilities request is made. We've also defined the ``cbor`` client capability for the X-HgProto-* header. This MUST be sent in order to get the modern response from "?cmd=capabilities". During implementation, I initially always sent an application/mercurial-cbor response. However, the handshake mechanism will be more future compatible if the client is in charge of which formats to request. We already perform content negotiation from X-HgProto-*, so keying off this for the capabilities response feels appropriate. In addition, I initially used application/cbor. However, it is conceivable that a non-Mercurial server could serve application/cbor. To rule out this possibility, I've invented a new media type that is Mercurial specific and can't be confused for generic CBOR. Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D3242
Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:13:28 -0700 httppeer: only advertise partial-pull if capabilities are known
Gregory Szorc <gregory.szorc@gmail.com> [Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:13:28 -0700] rev 37556
httppeer: only advertise partial-pull if capabilities are known We don't need to be advertising client protocol parameters as part of the capabilities request during the handshake because nothing in version 1 of the wire protocol will use this data. i.e. the advertisement is wasteful. Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D3241
Tue, 10 Apr 2018 16:53:44 -0700 httppeer: always add x-hg* headers to Vary header
Gregory Szorc <gregory.szorc@gmail.com> [Tue, 10 Apr 2018 16:53:44 -0700] rev 37555
httppeer: always add x-hg* headers to Vary header Before, we manually updated the Vary header value for each header contributing to it. All X-Hg* headers are reserved for the Mercurial protocol and could have caching implications. So it makes sense to always add these headers to Vary. A test revealed that X-HgArgs-Post wasn't being added to Vary. This is only sent on POST requests. POST requests generally aren't cacheable. However, it is possible if the server sends the appropriate headers. Mercurial shouldn't be sending those headers. But let's not take any chances. Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D3240
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