simplemerge: stop merging file flags
As
384df4db6520 (merge: merge file flags together with file content,
2013-01-09) explains, we shouldn't do a 3-way merge of the
symlink. However, since
84614212ae39 (flags: actually merge flags in
simplemerge, 2020-05-16), we do that in
`simplemerge.simplemerge()`. What's more, the merging of the
executable flag there isn't actually necessary; it was made a no-op by
the very next commit, i.e.
4234c9af515d (flags: read flag from
dirstate/disk for workingcopyctx (
issue5743), 2020-05-16).
I found the overall flag-merging code (not the bit in
`simplemerge.py`) very hard to follow, but I think I now finally
understand how it works. `mergestate.resolve()` calculates the merged
file flags and sets them on the local side of the merge (confusingly
by calling `_restore_backup()`). Then it calls
`filemerge.filemerge()`, which in turn calls
`simplemerge.simplemerge()` (if premerge is enabled). That means that
the flags on the local side `fcs.flags()` are already correct when the
flag-merging code in `simplemerge.simplemerge()` runs. Interestingly,
that code still works when the local side already has the merged
value, it just doesn't change the value. Here's a truth table to
explain why:
```
BLOMCAR
0000000
0011111
0101011
0111111
1000000
1010000
1100000
1111101
```
B: Base
L: Local
O: Other
M: Merged flags from `mergestate.resolve()`, i.e. what's called "local"
when we get to `simplemerge.simplemerge()`
C: `commonflags` in `simplemerge.simplemerge()`, i.e. `M & O`
A: `addedflags` in `simplemerge.simplemerge()`, i.e. `(M ^ O) - B`
R: Re-merged flags `simplemerge.simplemerge()`, i.e. `C | A`
As you can see, the re-merged flags are always unchanged compared to
the initial merged flags (R equals M).
Therefore, this patch effectively backs out
84614212ae39. (I might
later refactor this code to have the flags explicitly passed in.)
`simplemerge.simplemerge()` is also called from
`contrib/simplemerge.py`, but that code never passes any flags.
Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D11879
$ unset HGUSER
$ EMAIL="My Name <myname@example.com>"
$ export EMAIL
$ hg init test
$ cd test
$ touch asdf
$ hg add asdf
$ hg commit -m commit-1
$ hg tip
changeset: 0:53f268a58230
tag: tip
user: My Name <myname@example.com>
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: commit-1
$ unset EMAIL
$ echo 1234 > asdf
$ hg commit -u "foo@bar.com" -m commit-1
$ hg tip
changeset: 1:3871b2a9e9bf
tag: tip
user: foo@bar.com
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: commit-1
$ echo "[ui]" >> .hg/hgrc
$ echo "username = foobar <foo@bar.com>" >> .hg/hgrc
$ echo 12 > asdf
$ hg commit -m commit-1
$ hg tip
changeset: 2:8eeac6695c1c
tag: tip
user: foobar <foo@bar.com>
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: commit-1
$ echo 1 > asdf
$ hg commit -u "foo@bar.com" -m commit-1
$ hg tip
changeset: 3:957606a725e4
tag: tip
user: foo@bar.com
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: commit-1
$ echo 123 > asdf
$ echo "[ui]" > .hg/hgrc
$ echo "username = " >> .hg/hgrc
$ hg commit -m commit-1
abort: no username supplied
(use 'hg config --edit' to set your username)
[255]
# test alternate config var
$ echo 1234 > asdf
$ echo "[ui]" > .hg/hgrc
$ echo "user = Foo Bar II <foo2@bar.com>" >> .hg/hgrc
$ hg commit -m commit-1
$ hg tip
changeset: 4:6f24bfb4c617
tag: tip
user: Foo Bar II <foo2@bar.com>
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: commit-1
# test prompt username
$ cat > .hg/hgrc <<EOF
> [ui]
> askusername = True
> EOF
$ echo 12345 > asdf
$ hg commit --config ui.interactive=False -m ask
enter a commit username:
no username found, using '[^']*' instead (re)
$ hg rollback -q
$ hg commit --config ui.interactive=True -m ask <<EOF
> Asked User <ask@example.com>
> EOF
enter a commit username: Asked User <ask@example.com>
$ hg tip
changeset: 5:84c91d963b70
tag: tip
user: Asked User <ask@example.com>
date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
summary: ask
# test no .hg/hgrc (uses generated non-interactive username)
$ echo space > asdf
$ rm .hg/hgrc
$ hg commit -m commit-1 2>&1
no username found, using '[^']*' instead (re)
$ echo space2 > asdf
$ hg commit -u ' ' -m commit-1
transaction abort!
rollback completed
abort: empty username
[50]
# don't add tests here, previous test is unstable
$ cd ..