tests/test-merge-symlinks.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.

  $ cat > echo.py <<EOF
  > #!/usr/bin/env python
  > import os, sys
  > try:
  >     import msvcrt
  >     msvcrt.setmode(sys.stdout.fileno(), os.O_BINARY)
  >     msvcrt.setmode(sys.stderr.fileno(), os.O_BINARY)
  > except ImportError:
  >     pass
  > 
  > for k in ('HG_FILE', 'HG_MY_ISLINK', 'HG_OTHER_ISLINK', 'HG_BASE_ISLINK'):
  >     print k, os.environ[k]
  > EOF

Create 2 heads containing the same file, once as
a file, once as a link. Bundle was generated with:

# hg init t
# cd t
# echo a > a
# hg ci -qAm t0 -d '0 0'
# echo l > l
# hg ci -qAm t1 -d '1 0'
# hg up -C 0
# ln -s a l
# hg ci -qAm t2 -d '2 0'
# echo l2 > l2
# hg ci -qAm t3 -d '3 0'

  $ hg init t
  $ cd t
  $ hg -q pull "$TESTDIR/bundles/test-merge-symlinks.hg"
  $ hg up -C 3
  3 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved

Merge them and display *_ISLINK vars
merge heads

  $ hg merge --tool="python ../echo.py"
  merging l
  HG_FILE l
  HG_MY_ISLINK 1
  HG_OTHER_ISLINK 0
  HG_BASE_ISLINK 0
  0 files updated, 1 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  (branch merge, don't forget to commit)

Test working directory symlink bit calculation wrt copies,
especially on non-supporting systems.
merge working directory

  $ hg up -C 2
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ hg copy l l2
  $ HGMERGE="python ../echo.py" hg up 3
  merging l2
  HG_FILE l2
  HG_MY_ISLINK 1
  HG_OTHER_ISLINK 0
  HG_BASE_ISLINK 0
  0 files updated, 1 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved

  $ cd ..