view tests/test-issue672.t @ 36858:01f6bba64424

hgweb: remove support for POST form data (BC)

Previously, we called out to cgi.parse(), which for POST requests
parsed multipart/form-data and application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Type requests for form data, combined it with query string
parameters, returned a union of the values.

As far as I know, nothing in Mercurial actually uses this mechanism
to submit data to the HTTP server. The wire protocol has its own
mechanism for passing parameters. And the web interface only does
GET requests. Removing support for parsing POST data doesn't break
any tests.

Another reason to not like this feature is that cgi.parse() may
modify the QUERY_STRING environment variable as a side-effect.
In addition, it merges both POST data and the query string into
one data structure. This prevents consumers from knowing whether
a variable came from the query string or POST data. That can matter
for some operations.

I suspect we use cgi.parse() because back when this code was
initially implemented, it was the function that was readily
available. In other words, I don't think there was conscious
choice to support POST data: we just got it because cgi.parse()
supported it.

Since nothing uses the feature and it is untested, let's remove
support for parsing POST form data. We can add it back in easily
enough if we need it in the future.

.. bc::

   Hgweb no longer reads form data in POST requests from
   multipart/form-data and application/x-www-form-urlencoded
   requests. Arguments should be specified as URL path components
   or in the query string in the URL instead.

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D2774

https://bz.mercurial-scm.org/672

# 0-2-4
#  \ \ \
#   1-3-5
#
# rename in #1, content change in #4.

  $ hg init

  $ touch 1
  $ touch 2
  $ hg commit -Am init  # 0
  adding 1
  adding 2

  $ hg rename 1 1a
  $ hg commit -m rename # 1

  $ hg co -C 0
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved

  $ echo unrelated >> 2
  $ hg ci -m unrelated1 # 2
  created new head

  $ hg merge --debug 1
    searching for copies back to rev 1
    unmatched files in other:
     1a
    all copies found (* = to merge, ! = divergent, % = renamed and deleted):
     src: '1' -> dst: '1a' 
    checking for directory renames
  resolving manifests
   branchmerge: True, force: False, partial: False
   ancestor: 81f4b099af3d, local: c64f439569a9+, remote: c12dcd37c90a
   1: other deleted -> r
  removing 1
   1a: remote created -> g
  getting 1a
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  (branch merge, don't forget to commit)

  $ hg ci -m merge1 # 3

  $ hg co -C 2
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved

  $ echo hello >> 1
  $ hg ci -m unrelated2 # 4
  created new head

  $ hg co -C 3
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved

  $ hg merge -y --debug 4
    searching for copies back to rev 1
    unmatched files in local:
     1a
    all copies found (* = to merge, ! = divergent, % = renamed and deleted):
     src: '1' -> dst: '1a' *
    checking for directory renames
  resolving manifests
   branchmerge: True, force: False, partial: False
   ancestor: c64f439569a9, local: e327dca35ac8+, remote: 746e9549ea96
   preserving 1a for resolve of 1a
  starting 4 threads for background file closing (?)
   1a: local copied/moved from 1 -> m (premerge)
  picked tool ':merge' for 1a (binary False symlink False changedelete False)
  merging 1a and 1 to 1a
  my 1a@e327dca35ac8+ other 1@746e9549ea96 ancestor 1@c64f439569a9
   premerge successful
  0 files updated, 1 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  (branch merge, don't forget to commit)

  $ hg co -C 4
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved

  $ hg merge -y --debug 3
    searching for copies back to rev 1
    unmatched files in other:
     1a
    all copies found (* = to merge, ! = divergent, % = renamed and deleted):
     src: '1' -> dst: '1a' *
    checking for directory renames
  resolving manifests
   branchmerge: True, force: False, partial: False
   ancestor: c64f439569a9, local: 746e9549ea96+, remote: e327dca35ac8
   preserving 1 for resolve of 1a
  removing 1
  starting 4 threads for background file closing (?)
   1a: remote moved from 1 -> m (premerge)
  picked tool ':merge' for 1a (binary False symlink False changedelete False)
  merging 1 and 1a to 1a
  my 1a@746e9549ea96+ other 1a@e327dca35ac8 ancestor 1@c64f439569a9
   premerge successful
  0 files updated, 1 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  (branch merge, don't forget to commit)