tests/test-branch-tag-confict.t

posix: give checklink a fast path that cache the check file and is read only

util.checklink would create a symlink and remove it again. That would sometimes
happen multiple times. Write operations are relatively expensive and give disk
tear and noise for applications monitoring file system activity.

Instead of creating a symlink and deleting it again, just create it once and
leave it in .hg/cache/check-link . If the file exists, just verify that
os.islink reports true. We will assume that this check is as good as symlink
creation not failing.

Note: The symlink left in .hg/cache has to resolve to a file - otherwise 'make
dist' will fail ...

test-symlink-os-yes-fs-no.py does some monkey patching to simulate a platform
without symlink support. The slightly different testing method requires
additional monkeying.

Initial setup.

  $ hg init repo
  $ cd repo
  $ touch thefile
  $ hg ci -A -m 'Initial commit.'
  adding thefile

Create a tag.

  $ hg tag branchortag

Create a branch with the same name as the tag.

  $ hg branch branchortag
  marked working directory as branch branchortag
  (branches are permanent and global, did you want a bookmark?)
  $ hg ci -m 'Create a branch with the same name as a tag.'

This is what we have:

  $ hg log
  changeset:   2:10519b3f489a
  branch:      branchortag
  tag:         tip
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     Create a branch with the same name as a tag.
  
  changeset:   1:2635c45ca99b
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     Added tag branchortag for changeset f57387372b5d
  
  changeset:   0:f57387372b5d
  tag:         branchortag
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     Initial commit.
  
Update to the tag:

  $ hg up 'tag(branchortag)'
  0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ hg parents
  changeset:   0:f57387372b5d
  tag:         branchortag
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     Initial commit.
  
Updating to the branch:

  $ hg up 'branch(branchortag)'
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ hg parents
  changeset:   2:10519b3f489a
  branch:      branchortag
  tag:         tip
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     Create a branch with the same name as a tag.
  

  $ cd ..