annotate tests/test-narrow-copies.t @ 37048:fc5e261915b9

wireproto: require POST for all HTTPv2 requests

Wire protocol version 1 transfers argument data via request
headers by default. This has historically caused problems because
servers institute limits on the length of individual HTTP headers
as well as the total size of all request headers. Mercurial servers
can advertise the maximum length of an individual header. But
there's no guarantee any intermediate HTTP agents will accept
headers up to that length.

In the existing wire protocol, server operators typically also
key off the HTTP request method to implement authentication.
For example, GET requests translate to read-only requests and
can be allowed. But read-write commands must use POST and require
authentication. This has typically worked because the only wire
protocol commands that use POST modify the repo (e.g. the
"unbundle" command).

There is an experimental feature to enable clients to transmit
argument data via POST request bodies. This is technically a
better and more robust solution. But we can't enable it by default
because of servers assuming POST means write access.

In version 2 of the wire protocol, the permissions of a request
are encoded in the URL. And with it being a new protocol in a new
URL space, we're not constrained by backwards compatibility
requirements.

This commit adopts the technically superior mechanism of using
HTTP request bodies to send argument data by requiring POST for
all commands. Strictly speaking, it may be possible to send
request bodies on GET requests. But my experience is that not all
HTTP stacks support this. POST pretty much always works. Using POST
for read-only operations does sacrifice some RESTful design
purity. But this API cares about practicality, not about being
in Roy T. Fielding's REST ivory tower.

There's a chance we may relax this restriction in the future. But
for now, I want to see how far we can get with a POST only API.

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D2837

  $ . "$TESTDIR/narrow-library.sh"

create full repo

  $ hg init master
  $ cd master

  $ mkdir inside
  $ echo inside > inside/f1
  $ mkdir outside
  $ echo outside > outside/f2
  $ hg ci -Aqm 'initial'

  $ hg mv outside/f2 inside/f2
  $ hg ci -qm 'move f2 from outside'

  $ echo modified > inside/f2
  $ hg ci -qm 'modify inside/f2'

  $ cd ..

  $ hg clone --narrow ssh://user@dummy/master narrow --include inside
  requesting all changes
  adding changesets
  adding manifests
  adding file changes
  added 3 changesets with 3 changes to 2 files
  new changesets *:* (glob)
  updating to branch default
  2 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ cd narrow

  $ hg co 'desc("move f2")'
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ hg status
  $ hg diff
  $ hg diff --change . --git
  diff --git a/inside/f2 b/inside/f2
  new file mode 100644
  --- /dev/null
  +++ b/inside/f2
  @@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
  +outside

  $ hg log --follow inside/f2 -r tip
  changeset:   2:bcfb756e0ca9
  tag:         tip
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     modify inside/f2
  
  changeset:   1:5a016133b2bb
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     move f2 from outside