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clonebundles: support for seeding clones from pre-generated bundles

Cloning can be an expensive operation for servers because the server
generates a bundle from existing repository data at request time. For
a large repository like mozilla-central, this consumes 4+ minutes
of CPU time on the server. It also results in significant network
utilization. Multiplied by hundreds or even thousands of clients and
the ensuing load can result in difficulties scaling the Mercurial server.

Despite generation of bundles being deterministic until the next
changeset is added, the generation of bundles to service a clone request
is not cached. Each clone thus performs redundant work. This is
wasteful.

This patch introduces the "clonebundles" extension and related
client-side functionality to help alleviate this deficiency. The
client-side feature is behind an experimental flag and is not enabled by
default.

It works as follows:

1) Server operator generates a bundle and makes it available on a
   server (likely HTTP).
2) Server operator defines the URL of a bundle file in a
   .hg/clonebundles.manifest file.
3) Client `hg clone`ing sees the server is advertising bundle URLs.
4) Client fetches and applies the advertised bundle.
5) Client performs equivalent of `hg pull` to fetch changes made since
   the bundle was created.

Essentially, the server performs the expensive work of generating a
bundle once and all subsequent clones fetch a static file from
somewhere. Scaling static file serving is a much more manageable
problem than scaling a Python application like Mercurial. Assuming your
repository grows less than 1% per day, the end result is 99+% of CPU
and network load from clones is eliminated, allowing Mercurial servers
to scale more easily. Serving static files also means data can be
transferred to clients as fast as they can consume it, rather than as
fast as servers can generate it. This makes clones faster.

Mozilla has implemented similar functionality of this patch on
hg.mozilla.org using a custom extension. We are hosting bundle files in
Amazon S3 and CloudFront (a CDN) and have successfully offloaded
>1 TB/day in data transfer from hg.mozilla.org, freeing up significant
bandwidth and CPU resources. The positive impact has been stellar and
I believe it has proved its value to be included in Mercurial core. I
feel it is important for the client-side support to be enabled in core
by default because it means that clients will get faster, more reliable
clones and will enable server operators to reduce load without
requiring any client-side configuration changes (assuming clients are
up to date, of course).

The scope of this feature is narrowly and specifically tailored to
cloning, despite "serve pulls from pre-generated bundles" being a valid
and useful feature. I would eventually like for Mercurial servers to
support transferring *all* repository data via statically hosted files.
You could imagine a server that siphons all pushed data to bundle files
and instructs clients to apply a stream of bundles to reconstruct all
repository data. This feature, while useful and powerful, is
significantly more work to implement because it requires the server
component have awareness of discovery and a mapping of which changesets
are in which files. Full, clone bundles, by contrast, are much simpler.

The wire protocol command is named "clonebundles" instead of something
more generic like "staticbundles" to leave the door open for a new, more
powerful and more generic server-side component with minimal backwards
compatibility implications. The name "bundleclone" is used by Mozilla's
extension and would cause problems since there are subtle differences
in Mozilla's extension.

Mozilla's experience with this idea has taught us that some form of
"content negotiation" is required. Not all clients will support all
bundle formats or even URLs (advanced TLS requirements, etc). To ensure
the highest uptake possible, a server needs to advertise multiple
versions of bundles and clients need to be able to choose the most
appropriate from that list one. The "attributes" in each
server-advertised entry facilitate this filtering and sorting. Their
use will become apparent in subsequent patches.

Initial inspiration and credit for the idea of cloning from static files
belongs to Augie Fackler and his "lookaside clone" extension proof of
concept.

  $ echo "[extensions]" >> $HGRCPATH
  $ echo "convert=" >> $HGRCPATH
  $ glog()
  > {
  >     hg log -G --template '{rev}:{node|short} "{desc|firstline}"\
  >  files: {files}\n' "$@"
  > }
  $ hg init repo1
  $ cd repo1
  $ echo a > a
  $ hg ci -Am adda
  adding a
  $ echo b > b
  $ echo a >> a
  $ hg ci -Am addb
  adding b
  $ PARENTID1=`hg id --debug -i`
  $ echo c > c
  $ hg ci -Am addc
  adding c
  $ PARENTID2=`hg id --debug -i`
  $ cd ..
  $ glog -R repo1
  @  2:e55c719b85b6 "addc" files: c
  |
  o  1:6d4c2037ddc2 "addb" files: a b
  |
  o  0:07f494440405 "adda" files: a
  

  $ hg init repo2
  $ cd repo2
  $ echo b > a
  $ echo d > d
  $ hg ci -Am addaandd
  adding a
  adding d
  $ INVALIDID1=afd12345af
  $ INVALIDID2=28173x36ddd1e67bf7098d541130558ef5534a86
  $ CHILDID1=`hg id --debug -i`
  $ echo d >> d
  $ hg ci -Am changed
  $ CHILDID2=`hg id --debug -i`
  $ echo e > e
  $ hg ci -Am adde
  adding e
  $ cd ..
  $ glog -R repo2
  @  2:a39b65753b0a "adde" files: e
  |
  o  1:e4ea00df9189 "changed" files: d
  |
  o  0:527cdedf31fb "addaandd" files: a d
  

test invalid splicemap1

  $ cat > splicemap <<EOF
  > $CHILDID2
  > EOF
  $ hg convert --splicemap splicemap repo2 repo1
  abort: syntax error in splicemap(1): child parent1[,parent2] expected
  [255]

test invalid splicemap2

  $ cat > splicemap <<EOF
  > $CHILDID2 $PARENTID1, $PARENTID2, $PARENTID2
  > EOF
  $ hg convert --splicemap splicemap repo2 repo1
  abort: syntax error in splicemap(1): child parent1[,parent2] expected
  [255]

test invalid splicemap3

  $ cat > splicemap <<EOF
  > $INVALIDID1 $INVALIDID2
  > EOF
  $ hg convert --splicemap splicemap repo2 repo1
  abort: splicemap entry afd12345af is not a valid revision identifier
  [255]

splice repo2 on repo1

  $ cat > splicemap <<EOF
  > $CHILDID1 $PARENTID1
  > $CHILDID2 $PARENTID2,$CHILDID1
  > 
  > EOF
  $ cat splicemap
  527cdedf31fbd5ea708aa14eeecf53d4676f38db 6d4c2037ddc2cb2627ac3a244ecce35283268f8e
  e4ea00df91897da3079a10fab658c1eddba6617b e55c719b85b60e5102fac26110ba626e7cb6b7dc,527cdedf31fbd5ea708aa14eeecf53d4676f38db
  
  $ hg clone repo1 target1
  updating to branch default
  3 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ hg convert --splicemap splicemap repo2 target1
  scanning source...
  sorting...
  converting...
  2 addaandd
  spliced in ['6d4c2037ddc2cb2627ac3a244ecce35283268f8e'] as parents of 527cdedf31fbd5ea708aa14eeecf53d4676f38db
  1 changed
  spliced in ['e55c719b85b60e5102fac26110ba626e7cb6b7dc', '527cdedf31fbd5ea708aa14eeecf53d4676f38db'] as parents of e4ea00df91897da3079a10fab658c1eddba6617b
  0 adde
  $ glog -R target1
  o  5:16bc847b02aa "adde" files: e
  |
  o    4:e30e4fee3418 "changed" files: d
  |\
  | o  3:e673348c3a3c "addaandd" files: a d
  | |
  @ |  2:e55c719b85b6 "addc" files: c
  |/
  o  1:6d4c2037ddc2 "addb" files: a b
  |
  o  0:07f494440405 "adda" files: a
  



Test splicemap and conversion order

  $ hg init ordered
  $ cd ordered
  $ echo a > a
  $ hg ci -Am adda
  adding a
  $ hg branch branch
  marked working directory as branch branch
  (branches are permanent and global, did you want a bookmark?)
  $ echo a >> a
  $ hg ci -Am changea
  $ echo a >> a
  $ hg ci -Am changeaagain
  $ hg up 0
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ echo b > b
  $ hg ci -Am addb
  adding b

We want 2 to depend on 1 and 3. Since 3 is always converted after 2,
the bug should be exhibited with all conversion orders.

  $ cat > ../splicemap <<EOF
  > `(hg id -r 2 -i --debug)` `(hg id -r 1 -i --debug)`, `(hg id -r 3 -i --debug)`
  > EOF
  $ cd ..
  $ cat splicemap
  7c364e7fa7d70ae525610c016317ed717b519d97 717d54d67e6c31fd75ffef2ff3042bdd98418437, 102a90ea7b4a3361e4082ed620918c261189a36a

Test regular conversion

  $ hg convert --splicemap splicemap ordered ordered-hg1
  initializing destination ordered-hg1 repository
  scanning source...
  sorting...
  converting...
  3 adda
  2 changea
  1 addb
  0 changeaagain
  spliced in ['717d54d67e6c31fd75ffef2ff3042bdd98418437', '102a90ea7b4a3361e4082ed620918c261189a36a'] as parents of 7c364e7fa7d70ae525610c016317ed717b519d97
  $ glog -R ordered-hg1
  o    3:4cb04b9afbf2 "changeaagain" files: a
  |\
  | o  2:102a90ea7b4a "addb" files: b
  | |
  o |  1:717d54d67e6c "changea" files: a
  |/
  o  0:07f494440405 "adda" files: a
  

Test conversion with parent revisions already in dest, using source
and destination identifiers. Test unknown splicemap target.

  $ hg convert -r1 ordered ordered-hg2
  initializing destination ordered-hg2 repository
  scanning source...
  sorting...
  converting...
  1 adda
  0 changea
  $ hg convert -r3 ordered ordered-hg2
  scanning source...
  sorting...
  converting...
  0 addb
  $ cat > splicemap <<EOF
  > `(hg -R ordered id -r 2 -i --debug)` \
  > `(hg -R ordered-hg2 id -r 1 -i --debug)`,\
  > `(hg -R ordered-hg2 id -r 2 -i --debug)`
  > deadbeef102a90ea7b4a3361e4082ed620918c26 deadbeef102a90ea7b4a3361e4082ed620918c27
  > EOF
  $ hg convert --splicemap splicemap ordered ordered-hg2
  scanning source...
  splice map revision deadbeef102a90ea7b4a3361e4082ed620918c26 is not being converted, ignoring
  sorting...
  converting...
  0 changeaagain
  spliced in ['717d54d67e6c31fd75ffef2ff3042bdd98418437', '102a90ea7b4a3361e4082ed620918c261189a36a'] as parents of 7c364e7fa7d70ae525610c016317ed717b519d97
  $ glog -R ordered-hg2
  o    3:4cb04b9afbf2 "changeaagain" files: a
  |\
  | o  2:102a90ea7b4a "addb" files: b
  | |
  o |  1:717d54d67e6c "changea" files: a
  |/
  o  0:07f494440405 "adda" files: a
  

Test empty conversion

  $ hg convert --splicemap splicemap ordered ordered-hg2
  scanning source...
  splice map revision deadbeef102a90ea7b4a3361e4082ed620918c26 is not being converted, ignoring
  sorting...
  converting...

Test clonebranches

  $ hg --config convert.hg.clonebranches=true convert \
  >   --splicemap splicemap ordered ordered-hg3
  initializing destination ordered-hg3 repository
  scanning source...
  abort: revision 717d54d67e6c31fd75ffef2ff3042bdd98418437 not found in destination repository (lookups with clonebranches=true are not implemented)
  [255]

Test invalid dependency

  $ cat > splicemap <<EOF
  > `(hg -R ordered id -r 2 -i --debug)` \
  > deadbeef102a90ea7b4a3361e4082ed620918c26,\
  > `(hg -R ordered-hg2 id -r 2 -i --debug)`
  > EOF
  $ hg convert --splicemap splicemap ordered ordered-hg4
  initializing destination ordered-hg4 repository
  scanning source...
  abort: unknown splice map parent: deadbeef102a90ea7b4a3361e4082ed620918c26
  [255]