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wireproto: separate commands tables for version 1 and 2 commands

We can't easily reuse existing command handlers for version 2
commands because the response types will be different. e.g. many
commands return nodes encoded as hex. Our new wire protocol is
binary safe, so we'll wish to encode nodes as binary.

We /could/ teach each command handler to look at the protocol
handler and change behavior based on the version in use. However,
this would make logic a bit unwieldy over time and would make
it harder to design a unified protocol handler interface. I think
it's better to create a clean break between version 1 and version 2
of commands on the server.

What I imagine happening is we will have separate @wireprotocommand
functions for each protocol generation. Those functions will parse the
request, dispatch to a common function to process it, then generate
the response in its own, transport-specific manner.

This commit establishes a separate table for tracking version 1
commands from version 2 commands. The HTTP server pieces have been
updated to use this new table.

Most commands are marked as both version 1 and version 2, so there is
little practical impact to this change.

A side-effect of this change is we now rely on transport registration
in wireprototypes.TRANSPORTS and certain properties of the protocol
interface. So a test had to be updated to conform.

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D2982

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Mercurial Rust Code
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This directory contains various Rust code for the Mercurial project.

The top-level ``Cargo.toml`` file defines a workspace containing
all primary Mercurial crates.

Building
========

To build the Rust components::

   $ cargo build

If you prefer a non-debug / release configuration::

   $ cargo build --release

Features
--------

The following Cargo features are available:

localdev (default)
   Produce files that work with an in-source-tree build.

   In this mode, the build finds and uses a ``python2.7`` binary from
   ``PATH``. The ``hg`` binary assumes it runs from ``rust/target/<target>hg``
   and it finds Mercurial files at ``dirname($0)/../../../``.

Build Mechanism
---------------

The produced ``hg`` binary is *bound* to a CPython installation. The
binary links against and loads a CPython library that is discovered
at build time (by a ``build.rs`` Cargo build script). The Python
standard library defined by this CPython installation is also used.

Finding the appropriate CPython installation to use is done by
the ``python27-sys`` crate's ``build.rs``. Its search order is::

1. ``PYTHON_SYS_EXECUTABLE`` environment variable.
2. ``python`` executable on ``PATH``
3. ``python2`` executable on ``PATH``
4. ``python2.7`` executable on ``PATH``

Additional verification of the found Python will be performed by our
``build.rs`` to ensure it meets Mercurial's requirements.

Details about the build-time configured Python are built into the
produced ``hg`` binary. This means that a built ``hg`` binary is only
suitable for a specific, well-defined role. These roles are controlled
by Cargo features (see above).

Running
=======

The ``hgcli`` crate produces an ``hg`` binary. You can run this binary
via ``cargo run``::

   $ cargo run --manifest-path hgcli/Cargo.toml

Or directly::

   $ target/debug/hg
   $ target/release/hg

You can also run the test harness with this binary::

   $ ./run-tests.py --with-hg ../rust/target/debug/hg

.. note::

   Integration with the test harness is still preliminary. Remember to
   ``cargo build`` after changes because the test harness doesn't yet
   automatically build Rust code.