diff mercurial/revlog.py @ 47256:2b69555e4875

revlog: introduce a compression mode for sidedata in the revlog index

We will use this for compression for the sidedata payload.

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D10653

--- a/mercurial/revlog.py	Mon May 03 21:13:24 2021 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/revlog.py	Mon May 03 21:34:02 2021 +0200
@@ -345,6 +345,9 @@
             (see "COMP_MODE_*" constants for details). For revlog version 0 and
             1 this will always be COMP_MODE_INLINE.
 
+    [11] side-data compression mode:
+            two bits that detail the way the sidedata chunk is compressed on disk.
+            (see "COMP_MODE_*" constants for details)
     """
 
     _flagserrorclass = error.RevlogError
@@ -2517,7 +2520,9 @@
                 compression_mode = COMP_MODE_PLAIN
                 deltainfo = deltautil.drop_u_compression(deltainfo)
 
+        sidedata_compression_mode = COMP_MODE_INLINE
         if sidedata and self.hassidedata:
+            sidedata_compression_mode = COMP_MODE_PLAIN
             serialized_sidedata = sidedatautil.serialize_sidedata(sidedata)
             sidedata_offset = offset + deltainfo.deltalen
         else:
@@ -2539,6 +2544,7 @@
             sidedata_offset,
             len(serialized_sidedata),
             compression_mode,
+            sidedata_compression_mode,
         )
 
         self.index.append(e)