Setup:
$ cat > eval.py <<EOF
> import filecmp
> from mercurial import commands, context, pycompat, registrar
> cmdtable = {}
> command = registrar.command(cmdtable)
> @command(b'eval', [], b'hg eval CMD')
> def eval_(ui, repo, *cmds, **opts):
> cmd = b" ".join(cmds)
> res = pycompat.bytestr(eval(cmd, globals(), locals()))
> ui.warn(b"%s" % res)
> EOF
$ echo "[extensions]" >> $HGRCPATH
$ echo "eval=`pwd`/eval.py" >> $HGRCPATH
Arbitraryfilectx.cmp does not follow symlinks:
$ mkdir case1
$ cd case1
$ hg init
#if symlink
$ printf "A" > real_A
$ printf "foo" > A
$ printf "foo" > B
$ ln -s A sym_A
$ hg add .
adding A
adding B
adding real_A
adding sym_A
$ hg commit -m "base"
#else
$ hg import -q --bypass - <<EOF
> # HG changeset patch
> # User test
> # Date 0 0
> base
>
> diff --git a/A b/A
> new file mode 100644
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/A
> @@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
> +foo
> \ No newline at end of file
> diff --git a/B b/B
> new file mode 100644
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/B
> @@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
> +foo
> \ No newline at end of file
> diff --git a/real_A b/real_A
> new file mode 100644
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/real_A
> @@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
> +A
> \ No newline at end of file
> diff --git a/sym_A b/sym_A
> new file mode 120000
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/sym_A
> @@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
> +A
> \ No newline at end of file
> EOF
$ hg up -q
#endif
These files are different and should return True (different):
(Note that filecmp.cmp's return semantics are inverted from ours, so we invert
for simplicity):
$ hg eval "context.arbitraryfilectx(b'A', repo).cmp(repo[None][b'real_A'])"
True (no-eol)
$ hg eval "not filecmp.cmp(b'A', b'real_A')"
True (no-eol)
These files are identical and should return False (same):
$ hg eval "context.arbitraryfilectx(b'A', repo).cmp(repo[None][b'A'])"
False (no-eol)
$ hg eval "context.arbitraryfilectx(b'A', repo).cmp(repo[None][b'B'])"
False (no-eol)
$ hg eval "not filecmp.cmp(b'A', b'B')"
False (no-eol)
This comparison should also return False, since A and sym_A are substantially
the same in the eyes of ``filectx.cmp``, which looks at data only.
$ hg eval "context.arbitraryfilectx(b'real_A', repo).cmp(repo[None][b'sym_A'])"
False (no-eol)
A naive use of filecmp on those two would wrongly return True, since it follows
the symlink to "A", which has different contents.
#if symlink
$ hg eval "not filecmp.cmp(b'real_A', b'sym_A')"
True (no-eol)
#else
$ hg eval "not filecmp.cmp(b'real_A', b'sym_A')"
False (no-eol)
#endif