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.
Issue1678: IndexError when pushing
setting up base repo
$ hg init a
$ cd a
$ touch a
$ hg ci -Am a
adding a
$ cd ..
cloning base repo
$ hg clone a b
updating to branch default
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ cd b
setting up cset to push
$ hg up null
0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
$ touch a
different msg so we get a clog new entry
$ hg ci -Am b
adding a
created new head
pushing
$ hg push -f ../a
pushing to ../a
searching for changes
adding changesets
adding manifests
adding file changes
added 1 changesets with 0 changes to 0 files (+1 heads)
$ cd ..