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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

#require killdaemons

  $ hg init test
  $ cd test
  $ echo a > a
  $ hg ci -Ama
  adding a
  $ cd ..
  $ hg clone test test2
  updating to branch default
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ cd test2
  $ echo a >> a
  $ hg ci -mb

Cloning with a password in the URL should not save the password in .hg/hgrc:

  $ hg serve -p $HGPORT -d --pid-file=hg.pid -E errors.log
  $ cat hg.pid >> $DAEMON_PIDS
  $ hg clone http://foo:xyzzy@localhost:$HGPORT/ test3
  requesting all changes
  adding changesets
  adding manifests
  adding file changes
  added 2 changesets with 2 changes to 1 files
  new changesets cb9a9f314b8b:ba677d0156c1
  updating to branch default
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ cat test3/.hg/hgrc
  # example repository config (see 'hg help config' for more info)
  [paths]
  default = http://foo@localhost:$HGPORT/
  
  # path aliases to other clones of this repo in URLs or filesystem paths
  # (see 'hg help config.paths' for more info)
  #
  # default:pushurl = ssh://[e-mail]/hg/jdoes-fork
  # my-fork         = ssh://[e-mail]/hg/jdoes-fork
  # my-clone        = /home/jdoe/jdoes-clone
  
  [ui]
  # name and email (local to this repository, optional), e.g.
  # username = Jane Doe <[e-mail]>
  $ killdaemons.py

expect error, cloning not allowed

  $ echo '[web]' > .hg/hgrc
  $ echo 'allowpull = false' >> .hg/hgrc
  $ hg serve -p $HGPORT -d --pid-file=hg.pid -E errors.log
  $ cat hg.pid >> $DAEMON_PIDS
  $ hg clone http://localhost:$HGPORT/ test4 # bundle2+
  abort: authorization failed
  [255]
  $ hg clone http://localhost:$HGPORT/ test4 --config devel.legacy.exchange=bundle1
  abort: authorization failed
  [255]
  $ killdaemons.py

serve errors

  $ cat errors.log
  $ req() {
  >     hg serve -p $HGPORT -d --pid-file=hg.pid -E errors.log
  >     cat hg.pid >> $DAEMON_PIDS
  >     hg --cwd ../test pull http://localhost:$HGPORT/
  >     killdaemons.py hg.pid
  >     echo % serve errors
  >     cat errors.log
  > }

expect error, pulling not allowed

  $ req
  pulling from http://localhost:$HGPORT/
  abort: authorization failed
  % serve errors

  $ cd ..