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.
Tests of the file helper tool
$ f -h
?sage: f [options] [filenames] (glob)
?ptions: (glob)
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-t, --type show file type (file or directory)
-m, --mode show file mode
-l, --links show number of links
-s, --size show size of file
-n NEWER, --newer=NEWER
check if file is newer (or same)
-r, --recurse recurse into directories
-S, --sha1 show sha1 hash of the content
-M, --md5 show md5 hash of the content
-D, --dump dump file content
-H, --hexdump hexdump file content
-B BYTES, --bytes=BYTES
number of characters to dump
-L LINES, --lines=LINES
number of lines to dump
-q, --quiet no default output
$ mkdir dir
$ cd dir
$ f --size
size=0
$ echo hello | f --md5 --size
size=6, md5=b1946ac92492d2347c6235b4d2611184
$ f foo
foo: file not found
$ echo foo > foo
$ f foo
foo:
#if symlink
$ f foo --mode
foo: mode=644
#endif
#if no-windows
$ python $TESTDIR/seq.py 10 > bar
#else
Convert CRLF -> LF for consistency
$ python $TESTDIR/seq.py 10 | sed "s/$//" > bar
#endif
#if unix-permissions symlink
$ chmod +x bar
$ f bar --newer foo --mode --type --size --dump --links --bytes 7
bar: file, size=21, mode=755, links=1, newer than foo
>>>
1
2
3
4
<<< no trailing newline
#endif
#if unix-permissions
$ ln bar baz
$ f bar -n baz -l --hexdump -t --sha1 --lines=9 -B 20
bar: file, links=2, newer than baz, sha1=612ca68d0305c821750a
0000: 31 0a 32 0a 33 0a 34 0a 35 0a 36 0a 37 0a 38 0a |1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.|
0010: 39 0a |9.|
$ rm baz
#endif
#if unix-permissions symlink
$ ln -s yadda l
$ f . --recurse -MStmsB4
.: directory with 3 files, mode=755
./bar: file, size=21, mode=755, md5=3b03, sha1=612c
./foo: file, size=4, mode=644, md5=d3b0, sha1=f1d2
./l: link, size=5, md5=2faa, sha1=af93
#endif
$ f --quiet bar -DL 3
1
2
3
$ cd ..
Yadda is a symlink
#if symlink
$ f -qr dir -HB 17
dir: directory with 3 files
dir/bar:
0000: 31 0a 32 0a 33 0a 34 0a 35 0a 36 0a 37 0a 38 0a |1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.|
0010: 39 |9|
dir/foo:
0000: 66 6f 6f 0a |foo.|
dir/l:
0000: 79 61 64 64 61 |yadda|
#else
$ f -qr dir -HB 17
dir: directory with 2 files (esc)
dir/bar: (glob)
0000: 31 0a 32 0a 33 0a 34 0a 35 0a 36 0a 37 0a 38 0a |1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.|
0010: 39 |9|
dir/foo: (glob)
0000: 66 6f 6f 0a |foo.|
#endif