view tests/test-branch-tag-confict.t @ 14927:2aa3e07b2f07

posix, windows: introduce cachestat

This class contains a stat result, and possibly other file info to reliably
determine between two points in time whether a file has changed.

Uniquely identifying a file gives us that reliability because we either
atomic rename or append. So one of two will happen: the file 'id' will change,
or the size of the file will change.

posix implements it simply by calling os.stat() and checking if the result
has st_ino.

For now on Windows we always assume the path is uncacheable. This can be
improved on NTFS due to file IDs: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa363788(v=vs.85).aspx

So we need to find out if a file path is on an NTFS drive, for that we have:

- GetVolumeInformation, which unfortunately only works with a root path (but is available on XP)
- GetVolumeInformationByHandleW, works on a full file path but requires Vista or higher

Initial setup.

  $ hg init repo
  $ cd repo
  $ touch thefile
  $ hg ci -A -m 'Initial commit.'
  adding thefile

Create a tag.

  $ hg tag branchortag

Create a branch with the same name as the tag.

  $ hg branch branchortag
  marked working directory as branch branchortag
  $ hg ci -m 'Create a branch with the same name as a tag.'

This is what we have:

  $ hg log
  changeset:   2:10519b3f489a
  branch:      branchortag
  tag:         tip
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     Create a branch with the same name as a tag.
  
  changeset:   1:2635c45ca99b
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     Added tag branchortag for changeset f57387372b5d
  
  changeset:   0:f57387372b5d
  tag:         branchortag
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     Initial commit.
  
Update to the tag:

  $ hg up 'tag(branchortag)'
  0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ hg parents
  changeset:   0:f57387372b5d
  tag:         branchortag
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     Initial commit.
  
Updating to the branch:

  $ hg up 'branch(branchortag)'
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ hg parents
  changeset:   2:10519b3f489a
  branch:      branchortag
  tag:         tip
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     Create a branch with the same name as a tag.