--- a/mercurial/debugcommands.py Fri Jul 17 03:28:52 2020 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/debugcommands.py Wed Apr 01 08:42:00 2020 -0500
@@ -127,6 +127,23 @@
ui.write(b'%d:%s\n' % (r.rev(a), hex(a)))
+@command(b'debugantivirusrunning', [])
+def debugantivirusrunning(ui, repo):
+ """attempt to trigger an antivirus scanner to see if one is active"""
+ with repo.cachevfs.open('eicar-test-file.com', b'wb') as f:
+ f.write(
+ util.b85decode(
+ # This is a base85-armored version of the EICAR test file. See
+ # https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EICAR_test_file for details.
+ b'ST#=}P$fV?P+K%yP+C|uG$>GBDK|qyDK~v2MM*<JQY}+dK~6+LQba95P'
+ b'E<)&Nm5l)EmTEQR4qnHOhq9iNGnJx'
+ )
+ )
+ # Give an AV engine time to scan the file.
+ time.sleep(2)
+ util.unlink(repo.cachevfs.join('eicar-test-file.com'))
+
+
@command(b'debugapplystreamclonebundle', [], b'FILE')
def debugapplystreamclonebundle(ui, repo, fname):
"""apply a stream clone bundle file"""