annotate mercurial/revlogutils/sidedata.py @ 43033:21025a4107d4

sidedata: add a new module with basic documentation

For now the storage strategy is very simple. We can augment it in the future if
needed.

Code to actually support what is described will be introduced in later
changesets.

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D6889

# sidedata.py - Logic around store extra data alongside revlog revisions
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# Copyright 2019 Pierre-Yves David <[e-mail])
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# This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of the
# GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.
"""core code for "sidedata" support

The "sidedata" are stored alongside the revision without actually being part of
its content and not affecting its hash. It's main use cases is to cache
important information related to a changesets.

The current implementation is experimental and subject to changes. Do not rely
on it in production.

Sidedata are stored in the revlog itself, withing the revision rawtext. They
are inserted, removed from it using the flagprocessors mechanism. The following
format is currently used::

    initial header:
        <number of sidedata; 2 bytes>
    sidedata (repeated N times):
        <sidedata-key; 2 bytes>
        <sidedata-entry-length: 4 bytes>
        <sidedata-content-sha1-digest: 20 bytes>
        <sidedata-content; X bytes>
    normal raw text:
        <all bytes remaining in the rawtext>

This is a simple and effective format. It should be enought to experiment with
the concept.
"""

from __future__ import absolute_import