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
$ hg init
$ echo a > a
$ hg ci -Amadd
adding a
$ chmod +x a
$ hg ci -mexecutable
$ hg up 0
0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ rm a
$ ln -s symlink a
$ hg ci -msymlink
created new head
$ hg merge --debug
searching for copies back to rev 1
resolving manifests
overwrite None partial False
ancestor c334dc3be0da local 521a1e40188f+ remote 3574f3e69b1c
conflicting flags for a
(n)one, e(x)ec or sym(l)ink? n
a: update permissions -> e
updating: a 1/1 files (100.00%)
0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
(branch merge, don't forget to commit)
Symlink is local parent, executable is other:
$ if [ -h a ]; then
> echo a is a symlink
> $TESTDIR/readlink.py a
> elif [ -x a ]; then
> echo a is executable
> else
> echo "a has no flags (default for conflicts)"
> fi
a has no flags (default for conflicts)
$ hg update -C 1
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ hg merge --debug
searching for copies back to rev 1
resolving manifests
overwrite None partial False
ancestor c334dc3be0da local 3574f3e69b1c+ remote 521a1e40188f
conflicting flags for a
(n)one, e(x)ec or sym(l)ink? n
a: remote is newer -> g
updating: a 1/1 files (100.00%)
getting a
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
(branch merge, don't forget to commit)
Symlink is other parent, executable is local:
$ if [ -h a ]; then
> echo a is a symlink
> $TESTDIR/readlink.py a
> elif [ -x a ]; then
> echo a is executable
> else
> echo "a has no flags (default for conflicts)"
> fi
a has no flags (default for conflicts)