annotate tests/test-push-checkheads-unpushed-D4.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

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Testing head checking code: Case D-4
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Mercurial checks for the introduction of new heads on push. Evolution comes
into play to detect if existing branches on the server are being replaced by
some of the new one we push.

This case is part of a series of tests checking this behavior.

Category D: remote head is "obs-affected" locally, but result is not part of the push
TestCase 4: multi-changeset branch, split on multiple other, (base on its own new branch)

.. old-state:
..
.. * 2 branch (1 changeset, and 2 changesets)
..
.. new-state:
..
.. * 1 new branch superceeding the base of the old-2-changesets-branch,
.. * 1 new changesets on the old-1-changeset-branch superceeding the head of the other
..
.. expected-result:
..
.. * push the new branch only -> push denied (variant a)
.. * push the existing branch only -> push allowed (variant b)
.. (pushing all is tested as case A-7)
..
.. graph-summary:
..
.. (variant a)
..
.. B'○⇢ø B
..   | |
.. A | ø⇠◔ A'
..   | |/
.. C ● |
..    \|
..     ●
..
.. or (variant b)
..
.. B'◔⇢ø B
..   | |
.. A | ø⇠○ A'
..   | |/
.. C ● |
..    \|
..     ●

  $ . $TESTDIR/testlib/push-checkheads-util.sh

Test setup
----------

  $ mkdir D4
  $ cd D4
  $ setuprepos
  creating basic server and client repo
  updating to branch default
  2 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ cd server
  $ mkcommit B0
  $ hg up 0
  0 files updated, 0 files merged, 2 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ mkcommit C0
  created new head
  $ cd ../client
  $ hg pull
  pulling from $TESTTMP/D4/server
  searching for changes
  adding changesets
  adding manifests
  adding file changes
  added 2 changesets with 2 changes to 2 files (+1 heads)
  new changesets d73caddc5533:0f88766e02d6
  (run 'hg heads' to see heads, 'hg merge' to merge)
  $ hg up 0
  0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ mkcommit A1
  created new head
  $ hg up 'desc(C0)'
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ mkcommit B1
  $ hg debugobsolete `getid "desc(A0)" ` `getid "desc(A1)"`
  obsoleted 1 changesets
  1 new orphan changesets
  $ hg debugobsolete `getid "desc(B0)" ` `getid "desc(B1)"`
  obsoleted 1 changesets
  $ hg log -G --hidden
  @  d70a1f75a020 (draft): B1
  |
  | o  f6082bc4ffef (draft): A1
  | |
  o |  0f88766e02d6 (draft): C0
  |/
  | x  d73caddc5533 (draft): B0
  | |
  | x  8aaa48160adc (draft): A0
  |/
  o  1e4be0697311 (public): root
  

Actual testing (new branch only)
--------------------------------

  $ hg push --rev 'desc(A1)'
  pushing to $TESTTMP/D4/server
  searching for changes
  abort: push creates new remote head f6082bc4ffef!
  (merge or see 'hg help push' for details about pushing new heads)
  [255]

Actual testing (existing branch only)
------------------------------------

  $ hg push --rev 'desc(B1)'
  pushing to $TESTTMP/D4/server
  searching for changes
  adding changesets
  adding manifests
  adding file changes
  added 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files
  1 new obsolescence markers
  obsoleted 1 changesets

  $ cd ../..