tests/test-mq-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.

#require symlink

  $ echo "[extensions]" >> $HGRCPATH
  $ echo "mq=" >> $HGRCPATH

  $ hg init
  $ hg qinit
  $ hg qnew base.patch
  $ echo aaa > a
  $ echo bbb > b
  $ echo ccc > c
  $ hg add a b c
  $ hg qrefresh
  $ readlink.py a
  a -> a not a symlink


test replacing a file with a symlink

  $ hg qnew symlink.patch
  $ rm a
  $ ln -s b a
  $ hg qrefresh --git
  $ readlink.py a
  a -> b

  $ hg qpop
  popping symlink.patch
  now at: base.patch
  $ hg qpush
  applying symlink.patch
  now at: symlink.patch
  $ readlink.py a
  a -> b


test updating a symlink

  $ rm a
  $ ln -s c a
  $ hg qnew --git -f updatelink
  $ readlink.py a
  a -> c
  $ hg qpop
  popping updatelink
  now at: symlink.patch
  $ hg qpush --debug
  applying updatelink
  patching file a
  committing files:
  a
  committing manifest
  committing changelog
  now at: updatelink
  $ readlink.py a
  a -> c
  $ hg st


test replacing a symlink with a file

  $ ln -s c s
  $ hg add s
  $ hg qnew --git -f addlink
  $ rm s
  $ echo sss > s
  $ hg qnew --git -f replacelinkwithfile
  $ hg qpop
  popping replacelinkwithfile
  now at: addlink
  $ hg qpush
  applying replacelinkwithfile
  now at: replacelinkwithfile
  $ cat s
  sss
  $ hg st


test symlink removal

  $ hg qnew removesl.patch
  $ hg rm a
  $ hg qrefresh --git
  $ hg qpop
  popping removesl.patch
  now at: replacelinkwithfile
  $ hg qpush
  applying removesl.patch
  now at: removesl.patch
  $ hg st -c
  C b
  C c
  C s

replace broken symlink with another broken symlink

  $ ln -s linka linka
  $ hg add linka
  $ hg qnew link
  $ hg mv linka linkb
  $ rm linkb
  $ ln -s linkb linkb
  $ hg qnew movelink
  $ hg qpop
  popping movelink
  now at: link
  $ hg qpush
  applying movelink
  now at: movelink
  $ readlink.py linkb
  linkb -> linkb