view mercurial/changegroup.py @ 2489:568e58eed096

Add revlog.parentrevs function.

This allows one to walk the revision graph using only revision numbers,
which can be faster than using revision hashes, especially for
RevlogNG, where the parents of a revision are stored as revision
numbers.

"""
changegroup.py - Mercurial changegroup manipulation functions

 Copyright 2006 Matt Mackall <[e-mail]>

This software may be used and distributed according to the terms
of the GNU General Public License, incorporated herein by reference.
"""
from i18n import gettext as _
from demandload import *
demandload(globals(), "struct util")

def getchunk(source):
    """get a chunk from a changegroup"""
    d = source.read(4)
    if not d:
        return ""
    l = struct.unpack(">l", d)[0]
    if l <= 4:
        return ""
    d = source.read(l - 4)
    if len(d) < l - 4:
        raise util.Abort(_("premature EOF reading chunk"
                           " (got %d bytes, expected %d)")
                          % (len(d), l - 4))
    return d

def chunkiter(source):
    """iterate through the chunks in source"""
    while 1:
        c = getchunk(source)
        if not c:
            break
        yield c

def genchunk(data):
    """build a changegroup chunk"""
    header = struct.pack(">l", len(data)+ 4)
    return "%s%s" % (header, data)

def closechunk():
    return struct.pack(">l", 0)