tests/logexceptions.py

documentation: add some internals documentation about bid merge

This is an important algorithm that was only documented on the wiki so far.

Some update to the algorithm (and associated doc) is to expected in the future
since the bid merge algorithm is bug-ridden when it comes to file deletion comes
to play.

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D8711

# logexceptions.py - Write files containing info about Mercurial exceptions
#
# Copyright 2017 Matt Mackall <[e-mail]>
#
# This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of the
# GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.

from __future__ import absolute_import

import inspect
import os
import sys
import traceback
import uuid

from mercurial import (
    dispatch,
    extensions,
)


def handleexception(orig, ui):
    res = orig(ui)

    if not ui.environ.get(b'HGEXCEPTIONSDIR'):
        return res

    dest = os.path.join(
        ui.environ[b'HGEXCEPTIONSDIR'], str(uuid.uuid4()).encode('ascii')
    )

    exc_type, exc_value, exc_tb = sys.exc_info()

    stack = []
    tb = exc_tb
    while tb:
        stack.append(tb)
        tb = tb.tb_next
    stack.reverse()

    hgframe = 'unknown'
    hgline = 'unknown'

    # Find the first Mercurial frame in the stack.
    for tb in stack:
        mod = inspect.getmodule(tb)
        if not mod.__name__.startswith(('hg', 'mercurial')):
            continue

        frame = tb.tb_frame

        try:
            with open(inspect.getsourcefile(tb), 'r') as fh:
                hgline = fh.readlines()[frame.f_lineno - 1].strip()
        except (IndexError, OSError):
            pass

        hgframe = '%s:%d' % (frame.f_code.co_filename, frame.f_lineno)
        break

    primary = traceback.extract_tb(exc_tb)[-1]
    primaryframe = '%s:%d' % (primary.filename, primary.lineno)

    with open(dest, 'wb') as fh:
        parts = [
            str(exc_value),
            primaryframe,
            hgframe,
            hgline,
            ui.environ[b'TESTNAME'].decode('utf-8', 'replace'),
        ]
        fh.write(b'\0'.join(p.encode('utf-8', 'replace') for p in parts))


def extsetup(ui):
    extensions.wrapfunction(dispatch, 'handlecommandexception', handleexception)