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compression: introduce a `storage.revlog.zstd.level` configuration This option control the zstd compression level used when compressing revlog chunk. The usage of zstd for revlog compression has not graduated from experimental yet, but we intend to fix that soon. The option name for the compression level is more straight forward to pick, so this changesets comes first. Having a dedicated option for each compression engine is useful because they don't support the same range of values. I ran the same measurement as for the zlib compression level (in the parent changesets). The variation in repository size is stay mostly in the same (small) range. The "read/write" performance see smallish variation, but are overall much better than zlib. Write performance show the same tend of having better write performance for when reaching high-end compression. Again, we don't intend to change the default zstd compression level (currently: 3) in this series. However this is worth investigating in the future. The Performance comparison of zlib vs zstd is quite impressive. The repository size stay in the same range, but the performance are much better in all situations. Comparison summary ================== We are looking at: - performance range for zlib - performance range for zstd - comparison of default zstd (level-3) to default zlib (level 6) - comparison of the slowest zstd time to the fastest zlib time Read performance: ----------------- | zlib | zstd | cmp | f2s mercurial | 0.170159 - 0.189219 | 0.144127 - 0.149624 | 80% | 88% pypy | 2.679217 - 2.768691 | 1.532317 - 1.705044 | 60% | 63% netbeans | 122.477027 - 141.620281 | 72.996346 - 89.731560 | 58% | 73% mozilla | 147.867662 - 170.572118 | 91.700995 - 105.853099 | 56% | 71% Write performance: ------------------ | zlib | zstd | cmp | f2s mercurial | 53.250304 - 56.2936129 | 40.877025 - 45.677286 | 75% | 86% pypy | 460.721984 - 476.589918 | 270.545409 - 301.002219 | 63% | 65% netbeans | 520.560316 - 715.930400 | 370.356311 - 428.329652 | 55% | 82% mozilla | 739.803002 - 987.056093 | 505.152906 - 591.930683 | 57% | 80% Raw data -------- repo alg lvl .hg/store size 00manifest.d read write mercurial zlib 1 49,402,813 5,963,475 0.170159 53.250304 mercurial zlib 6 47,197,397 5,875,730 0.182820 56.264320 mercurial zlib 9 47,121,596 5,849,781 0.189219 56.293612 mercurial zstd 1 49,737,084 5,966,355 0.144127 40.877025 mercurial zstd 3 48,961,867 5,895,208 0.146376 42.268142 mercurial zstd 5 48,200,592 5,938,676 0.149624 43.162875 mercurial zstd 10 47,833,520 5,913,353 0.145185 44.012489 mercurial zstd 15 47,314,604 5,728,679 0.147686 45.677286 mercurial zstd 20 47,330,502 5,830,539 0.145789 45.025407 mercurial zstd 22 47,330,076 5,830,539 0.143996 44.690460 pypy zlib 1 370,830,572 28,462,425 2.679217 460.721984 pypy zlib 6 340,112,317 27,648,747 2.768691 467.537158 pypy zlib 9 338,360,736 27,639,003 2.763495 476.589918 pypy zstd 1 362,377,479 27,916,214 1.532317 270.545409 pypy zstd 3 354,137,693 27,905,988 1.686718 294.951509 pypy zstd 5 342,640,043 27,655,774 1.705044 301.002219 pypy zstd 10 334,224,327 27,164,493 1.567287 285.186239 pypy zstd 15 329,000,363 26,645,965 1.637729 299.561332 pypy zstd 20 324,534,039 26,199,547 1.526813 302.149827 pypy zstd 22 324,530,595 26,198,932 1.525718 307.821218 netbeans zlib 1 1,281,847,810 165,495,457 122.477027 520.560316 netbeans zlib 6 1,205,284,353 159,161,207 139.876147 715.930400 netbeans zlib 9 1,197,135,671 155,034,586 141.620281 678.297064 netbeans zstd 1 1,259,581,737 160,840,613 72.996346 370.356311 netbeans zstd 3 1,232,978,122 157,691,551 81.622317 396.733087 netbeans zstd 5 1,208,034,075 160,246,880 83.080549 364.342626 netbeans zstd 10 1,188,624,176 156,083,417 79.323935 403.594602 netbeans zstd 15 1,176,973,589 153,859,477 89.731560 428.329652 netbeans zstd 20 1,162,958,258 151,147,535 82.842667 392.335349 netbeans zstd 22 1,162,707,029 151,150,220 82.565695 402.840655 mozilla zlib 1 2,775,497,186 298,527,987 147.867662 751.263721 mozilla zlib 6 2,596,856,420 286,597,671 170.572118 987.056093 mozilla zlib 9 2,587,542,494 287,018,264 163.622338 739.803002 mozilla zstd 1 2,723,159,348 286,617,532 91.700995 570.042751 mozilla zstd 3 2,665,055,001 286,152,013 95.240155 561.412805 mozilla zstd 5 2,607,819,817 288,060,030 101.978048 505.152906 mozilla zstd 10 2,558,761,085 283,967,648 104.113481 497.771202 mozilla zstd 15 2,526,216,060 275,581,300 105.853099 591.930683 mozilla zstd 20 2,485,114,806 266,478,859 95.268795 576.515389 mozilla zstd 22 2,484,869,080 266,456,505 94.429282 572.785537
author Pierre-Yves David <pierre-yves.david@octobus.net>
date Wed, 27 Mar 2019 18:35:59 +0100
parents 089fc0db0954
children 2372284d9457
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# sshpeer.py - ssh repository proxy class for mercurial
#
# Copyright 2005, 2006 Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
#
# This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of the
# GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.

from __future__ import absolute_import

import re
import uuid

from .i18n import _
from . import (
    error,
    pycompat,
    util,
    wireprotoserver,
    wireprototypes,
    wireprotov1peer,
    wireprotov1server,
)
from .utils import (
    procutil,
    stringutil,
)

def _serverquote(s):
    """quote a string for the remote shell ... which we assume is sh"""
    if not s:
        return s
    if re.match('[a-zA-Z0-9@%_+=:,./-]*$', s):
        return s
    return "'%s'" % s.replace("'", "'\\''")

def _forwardoutput(ui, pipe):
    """display all data currently available on pipe as remote output.

    This is non blocking."""
    if pipe:
        s = procutil.readpipe(pipe)
        if s:
            for l in s.splitlines():
                ui.status(_("remote: "), l, '\n')

class doublepipe(object):
    """Operate a side-channel pipe in addition of a main one

    The side-channel pipe contains server output to be forwarded to the user
    input. The double pipe will behave as the "main" pipe, but will ensure the
    content of the "side" pipe is properly processed while we wait for blocking
    call on the "main" pipe.

    If large amounts of data are read from "main", the forward will cease after
    the first bytes start to appear. This simplifies the implementation
    without affecting actual output of sshpeer too much as we rarely issue
    large read for data not yet emitted by the server.

    The main pipe is expected to be a 'bufferedinputpipe' from the util module
    that handle all the os specific bits. This class lives in this module
    because it focus on behavior specific to the ssh protocol."""

    def __init__(self, ui, main, side):
        self._ui = ui
        self._main = main
        self._side = side

    def _wait(self):
        """wait until some data are available on main or side

        return a pair of boolean (ismainready, issideready)

        (This will only wait for data if the setup is supported by `util.poll`)
        """
        if (isinstance(self._main, util.bufferedinputpipe) and
            self._main.hasbuffer):
            # Main has data. Assume side is worth poking at.
            return True, True

        fds = [self._main.fileno(), self._side.fileno()]
        try:
            act = util.poll(fds)
        except NotImplementedError:
            # non supported yet case, assume all have data.
            act = fds
        return (self._main.fileno() in act, self._side.fileno() in act)

    def write(self, data):
        return self._call('write', data)

    def read(self, size):
        r = self._call('read', size)
        if size != 0 and not r:
            # We've observed a condition that indicates the
            # stdout closed unexpectedly. Check stderr one
            # more time and snag anything that's there before
            # letting anyone know the main part of the pipe
            # closed prematurely.
            _forwardoutput(self._ui, self._side)
        return r

    def unbufferedread(self, size):
        r = self._call('unbufferedread', size)
        if size != 0 and not r:
            # We've observed a condition that indicates the
            # stdout closed unexpectedly. Check stderr one
            # more time and snag anything that's there before
            # letting anyone know the main part of the pipe
            # closed prematurely.
            _forwardoutput(self._ui, self._side)
        return r

    def readline(self):
        return self._call('readline')

    def _call(self, methname, data=None):
        """call <methname> on "main", forward output of "side" while blocking
        """
        # data can be '' or 0
        if (data is not None and not data) or self._main.closed:
            _forwardoutput(self._ui, self._side)
            return ''
        while True:
            mainready, sideready = self._wait()
            if sideready:
                _forwardoutput(self._ui, self._side)
            if mainready:
                meth = getattr(self._main, methname)
                if data is None:
                    return meth()
                else:
                    return meth(data)

    def close(self):
        return self._main.close()

    def flush(self):
        return self._main.flush()

def _cleanuppipes(ui, pipei, pipeo, pipee):
    """Clean up pipes used by an SSH connection."""
    if pipeo:
        pipeo.close()
    if pipei:
        pipei.close()

    if pipee:
        # Try to read from the err descriptor until EOF.
        try:
            for l in pipee:
                ui.status(_('remote: '), l)
        except (IOError, ValueError):
            pass

        pipee.close()

def _makeconnection(ui, sshcmd, args, remotecmd, path, sshenv=None):
    """Create an SSH connection to a server.

    Returns a tuple of (process, stdin, stdout, stderr) for the
    spawned process.
    """
    cmd = '%s %s %s' % (
        sshcmd,
        args,
        procutil.shellquote('%s -R %s serve --stdio' % (
            _serverquote(remotecmd), _serverquote(path))))

    ui.debug('running %s\n' % cmd)
    cmd = procutil.quotecommand(cmd)

    # no buffer allow the use of 'select'
    # feel free to remove buffering and select usage when we ultimately
    # move to threading.
    stdin, stdout, stderr, proc = procutil.popen4(cmd, bufsize=0, env=sshenv)

    return proc, stdin, stdout, stderr

def _clientcapabilities():
    """Return list of capabilities of this client.

    Returns a list of capabilities that are supported by this client.
    """
    protoparams = {'partial-pull'}
    comps = [e.wireprotosupport().name for e in
             util.compengines.supportedwireengines(util.CLIENTROLE)]
    protoparams.add('comp=%s' % ','.join(comps))
    return protoparams

def _performhandshake(ui, stdin, stdout, stderr):
    def badresponse():
        # Flush any output on stderr.
        _forwardoutput(ui, stderr)

        msg = _('no suitable response from remote hg')
        hint = ui.config('ui', 'ssherrorhint')
        raise error.RepoError(msg, hint=hint)

    # The handshake consists of sending wire protocol commands in reverse
    # order of protocol implementation and then sniffing for a response
    # to one of them.
    #
    # Those commands (from oldest to newest) are:
    #
    # ``between``
    #   Asks for the set of revisions between a pair of revisions. Command
    #   present in all Mercurial server implementations.
    #
    # ``hello``
    #   Instructs the server to advertise its capabilities. Introduced in
    #   Mercurial 0.9.1.
    #
    # ``upgrade``
    #   Requests upgrade from default transport protocol version 1 to
    #   a newer version. Introduced in Mercurial 4.6 as an experimental
    #   feature.
    #
    # The ``between`` command is issued with a request for the null
    # range. If the remote is a Mercurial server, this request will
    # generate a specific response: ``1\n\n``. This represents the
    # wire protocol encoded value for ``\n``. We look for ``1\n\n``
    # in the output stream and know this is the response to ``between``
    # and we're at the end of our handshake reply.
    #
    # The response to the ``hello`` command will be a line with the
    # length of the value returned by that command followed by that
    # value. If the server doesn't support ``hello`` (which should be
    # rare), that line will be ``0\n``. Otherwise, the value will contain
    # RFC 822 like lines. Of these, the ``capabilities:`` line contains
    # the capabilities of the server.
    #
    # The ``upgrade`` command isn't really a command in the traditional
    # sense of version 1 of the transport because it isn't using the
    # proper mechanism for formatting insteads: instead, it just encodes
    # arguments on the line, delimited by spaces.
    #
    # The ``upgrade`` line looks like ``upgrade <token> <capabilities>``.
    # If the server doesn't support protocol upgrades, it will reply to
    # this line with ``0\n``. Otherwise, it emits an
    # ``upgraded <token> <protocol>`` line to both stdout and stderr.
    # Content immediately following this line describes additional
    # protocol and server state.
    #
    # In addition to the responses to our command requests, the server
    # may emit "banner" output on stdout. SSH servers are allowed to
    # print messages to stdout on login. Issuing commands on connection
    # allows us to flush this banner output from the server by scanning
    # for output to our well-known ``between`` command. Of course, if
    # the banner contains ``1\n\n``, this will throw off our detection.

    requestlog = ui.configbool('devel', 'debug.peer-request')

    # Generate a random token to help identify responses to version 2
    # upgrade request.
    token = pycompat.sysbytes(str(uuid.uuid4()))
    upgradecaps = [
        ('proto', wireprotoserver.SSHV2),
    ]
    upgradecaps = util.urlreq.urlencode(upgradecaps)

    try:
        pairsarg = '%s-%s' % ('0' * 40, '0' * 40)
        handshake = [
            'hello\n',
            'between\n',
            'pairs %d\n' % len(pairsarg),
            pairsarg,
        ]

        # Request upgrade to version 2 if configured.
        if ui.configbool('experimental', 'sshpeer.advertise-v2'):
            ui.debug('sending upgrade request: %s %s\n' % (token, upgradecaps))
            handshake.insert(0, 'upgrade %s %s\n' % (token, upgradecaps))

        if requestlog:
            ui.debug('devel-peer-request: hello+between\n')
            ui.debug('devel-peer-request:   pairs: %d bytes\n' % len(pairsarg))
        ui.debug('sending hello command\n')
        ui.debug('sending between command\n')

        stdin.write(''.join(handshake))
        stdin.flush()
    except IOError:
        badresponse()

    # Assume version 1 of wire protocol by default.
    protoname = wireprototypes.SSHV1
    reupgraded = re.compile(b'^upgraded %s (.*)$' % stringutil.reescape(token))

    lines = ['', 'dummy']
    max_noise = 500
    while lines[-1] and max_noise:
        try:
            l = stdout.readline()
            _forwardoutput(ui, stderr)

            # Look for reply to protocol upgrade request. It has a token
            # in it, so there should be no false positives.
            m = reupgraded.match(l)
            if m:
                protoname = m.group(1)
                ui.debug('protocol upgraded to %s\n' % protoname)
                # If an upgrade was handled, the ``hello`` and ``between``
                # requests are ignored. The next output belongs to the
                # protocol, so stop scanning lines.
                break

            # Otherwise it could be a banner, ``0\n`` response if server
            # doesn't support upgrade.

            if lines[-1] == '1\n' and l == '\n':
                break
            if l:
                ui.debug('remote: ', l)
            lines.append(l)
            max_noise -= 1
        except IOError:
            badresponse()
    else:
        badresponse()

    caps = set()

    # For version 1, we should see a ``capabilities`` line in response to the
    # ``hello`` command.
    if protoname == wireprototypes.SSHV1:
        for l in reversed(lines):
            # Look for response to ``hello`` command. Scan from the back so
            # we don't misinterpret banner output as the command reply.
            if l.startswith('capabilities:'):
                caps.update(l[:-1].split(':')[1].split())
                break
    elif protoname == wireprotoserver.SSHV2:
        # We see a line with number of bytes to follow and then a value
        # looking like ``capabilities: *``.
        line = stdout.readline()
        try:
            valuelen = int(line)
        except ValueError:
            badresponse()

        capsline = stdout.read(valuelen)
        if not capsline.startswith('capabilities: '):
            badresponse()

        ui.debug('remote: %s\n' % capsline)

        caps.update(capsline.split(':')[1].split())
        # Trailing newline.
        stdout.read(1)

    # Error if we couldn't find capabilities, this means:
    #
    # 1. Remote isn't a Mercurial server
    # 2. Remote is a <0.9.1 Mercurial server
    # 3. Remote is a future Mercurial server that dropped ``hello``
    #    and other attempted handshake mechanisms.
    if not caps:
        badresponse()

    # Flush any output on stderr before proceeding.
    _forwardoutput(ui, stderr)

    return protoname, caps

class sshv1peer(wireprotov1peer.wirepeer):
    def __init__(self, ui, url, proc, stdin, stdout, stderr, caps,
                 autoreadstderr=True):
        """Create a peer from an existing SSH connection.

        ``proc`` is a handle on the underlying SSH process.
        ``stdin``, ``stdout``, and ``stderr`` are handles on the stdio
        pipes for that process.
        ``caps`` is a set of capabilities supported by the remote.
        ``autoreadstderr`` denotes whether to automatically read from
        stderr and to forward its output.
        """
        self._url = url
        self.ui = ui
        # self._subprocess is unused. Keeping a handle on the process
        # holds a reference and prevents it from being garbage collected.
        self._subprocess = proc

        # And we hook up our "doublepipe" wrapper to allow querying
        # stderr any time we perform I/O.
        if autoreadstderr:
            stdout = doublepipe(ui, util.bufferedinputpipe(stdout), stderr)
            stdin = doublepipe(ui, stdin, stderr)

        self._pipeo = stdin
        self._pipei = stdout
        self._pipee = stderr
        self._caps = caps
        self._autoreadstderr = autoreadstderr

    # Commands that have a "framed" response where the first line of the
    # response contains the length of that response.
    _FRAMED_COMMANDS = {
        'batch',
    }

    # Begin of ipeerconnection interface.

    def url(self):
        return self._url

    def local(self):
        return None

    def peer(self):
        return self

    def canpush(self):
        return True

    def close(self):
        pass

    # End of ipeerconnection interface.

    # Begin of ipeercommands interface.

    def capabilities(self):
        return self._caps

    # End of ipeercommands interface.

    def _readerr(self):
        _forwardoutput(self.ui, self._pipee)

    def _abort(self, exception):
        self._cleanup()
        raise exception

    def _cleanup(self):
        _cleanuppipes(self.ui, self._pipei, self._pipeo, self._pipee)

    __del__ = _cleanup

    def _sendrequest(self, cmd, args, framed=False):
        if (self.ui.debugflag
            and self.ui.configbool('devel', 'debug.peer-request')):
            dbg = self.ui.debug
            line = 'devel-peer-request: %s\n'
            dbg(line % cmd)
            for key, value in sorted(args.items()):
                if not isinstance(value, dict):
                    dbg(line % '  %s: %d bytes' % (key, len(value)))
                else:
                    for dk, dv in sorted(value.items()):
                        dbg(line % '  %s-%s: %d' % (key, dk, len(dv)))
        self.ui.debug("sending %s command\n" % cmd)
        self._pipeo.write("%s\n" % cmd)
        _func, names = wireprotov1server.commands[cmd]
        keys = names.split()
        wireargs = {}
        for k in keys:
            if k == '*':
                wireargs['*'] = args
                break
            else:
                wireargs[k] = args[k]
                del args[k]
        for k, v in sorted(wireargs.iteritems()):
            self._pipeo.write("%s %d\n" % (k, len(v)))
            if isinstance(v, dict):
                for dk, dv in v.iteritems():
                    self._pipeo.write("%s %d\n" % (dk, len(dv)))
                    self._pipeo.write(dv)
            else:
                self._pipeo.write(v)
        self._pipeo.flush()

        # We know exactly how many bytes are in the response. So return a proxy
        # around the raw output stream that allows reading exactly this many
        # bytes. Callers then can read() without fear of overrunning the
        # response.
        if framed:
            amount = self._getamount()
            return util.cappedreader(self._pipei, amount)

        return self._pipei

    def _callstream(self, cmd, **args):
        args = pycompat.byteskwargs(args)
        return self._sendrequest(cmd, args, framed=cmd in self._FRAMED_COMMANDS)

    def _callcompressable(self, cmd, **args):
        args = pycompat.byteskwargs(args)
        return self._sendrequest(cmd, args, framed=cmd in self._FRAMED_COMMANDS)

    def _call(self, cmd, **args):
        args = pycompat.byteskwargs(args)
        return self._sendrequest(cmd, args, framed=True).read()

    def _callpush(self, cmd, fp, **args):
        # The server responds with an empty frame if the client should
        # continue submitting the payload.
        r = self._call(cmd, **args)
        if r:
            return '', r

        # The payload consists of frames with content followed by an empty
        # frame.
        for d in iter(lambda: fp.read(4096), ''):
            self._writeframed(d)
        self._writeframed("", flush=True)

        # In case of success, there is an empty frame and a frame containing
        # the integer result (as a string).
        # In case of error, there is a non-empty frame containing the error.
        r = self._readframed()
        if r:
            return '', r
        return self._readframed(), ''

    def _calltwowaystream(self, cmd, fp, **args):
        # The server responds with an empty frame if the client should
        # continue submitting the payload.
        r = self._call(cmd, **args)
        if r:
            # XXX needs to be made better
            raise error.Abort(_('unexpected remote reply: %s') % r)

        # The payload consists of frames with content followed by an empty
        # frame.
        for d in iter(lambda: fp.read(4096), ''):
            self._writeframed(d)
        self._writeframed("", flush=True)

        return self._pipei

    def _getamount(self):
        l = self._pipei.readline()
        if l == '\n':
            if self._autoreadstderr:
                self._readerr()
            msg = _('check previous remote output')
            self._abort(error.OutOfBandError(hint=msg))
        if self._autoreadstderr:
            self._readerr()
        try:
            return int(l)
        except ValueError:
            self._abort(error.ResponseError(_("unexpected response:"), l))

    def _readframed(self):
        size = self._getamount()
        if not size:
            return b''

        return self._pipei.read(size)

    def _writeframed(self, data, flush=False):
        self._pipeo.write("%d\n" % len(data))
        if data:
            self._pipeo.write(data)
        if flush:
            self._pipeo.flush()
        if self._autoreadstderr:
            self._readerr()

class sshv2peer(sshv1peer):
    """A peer that speakers version 2 of the transport protocol."""
    # Currently version 2 is identical to version 1 post handshake.
    # And handshake is performed before the peer is instantiated. So
    # we need no custom code.

def makepeer(ui, path, proc, stdin, stdout, stderr, autoreadstderr=True):
    """Make a peer instance from existing pipes.

    ``path`` and ``proc`` are stored on the eventual peer instance and may
    not be used for anything meaningful.

    ``stdin``, ``stdout``, and ``stderr`` are the pipes connected to the
    SSH server's stdio handles.

    This function is factored out to allow creating peers that don't
    actually spawn a new process. It is useful for starting SSH protocol
    servers and clients via non-standard means, which can be useful for
    testing.
    """
    try:
        protoname, caps = _performhandshake(ui, stdin, stdout, stderr)
    except Exception:
        _cleanuppipes(ui, stdout, stdin, stderr)
        raise

    if protoname == wireprototypes.SSHV1:
        return sshv1peer(ui, path, proc, stdin, stdout, stderr, caps,
                         autoreadstderr=autoreadstderr)
    elif protoname == wireprototypes.SSHV2:
        return sshv2peer(ui, path, proc, stdin, stdout, stderr, caps,
                         autoreadstderr=autoreadstderr)
    else:
        _cleanuppipes(ui, stdout, stdin, stderr)
        raise error.RepoError(_('unknown version of SSH protocol: %s') %
                              protoname)

def instance(ui, path, create, intents=None, createopts=None):
    """Create an SSH peer.

    The returned object conforms to the ``wireprotov1peer.wirepeer`` interface.
    """
    u = util.url(path, parsequery=False, parsefragment=False)
    if u.scheme != 'ssh' or not u.host or u.path is None:
        raise error.RepoError(_("couldn't parse location %s") % path)

    util.checksafessh(path)

    if u.passwd is not None:
        raise error.RepoError(_('password in URL not supported'))

    sshcmd = ui.config('ui', 'ssh')
    remotecmd = ui.config('ui', 'remotecmd')
    sshaddenv = dict(ui.configitems('sshenv'))
    sshenv = procutil.shellenviron(sshaddenv)
    remotepath = u.path or '.'

    args = procutil.sshargs(sshcmd, u.host, u.user, u.port)

    if create:
        # We /could/ do this, but only if the remote init command knows how to
        # handle them. We don't yet make any assumptions about that. And without
        # querying the remote, there's no way of knowing if the remote even
        # supports said requested feature.
        if createopts:
            raise error.RepoError(_('cannot create remote SSH repositories '
                                    'with extra options'))

        cmd = '%s %s %s' % (sshcmd, args,
            procutil.shellquote('%s init %s' %
                (_serverquote(remotecmd), _serverquote(remotepath))))
        ui.debug('running %s\n' % cmd)
        res = ui.system(cmd, blockedtag='sshpeer', environ=sshenv)
        if res != 0:
            raise error.RepoError(_('could not create remote repo'))

    proc, stdin, stdout, stderr = _makeconnection(ui, sshcmd, args, remotecmd,
                                                  remotepath, sshenv)

    peer = makepeer(ui, path, proc, stdin, stdout, stderr)

    # Finally, if supported by the server, notify it about our own
    # capabilities.
    if 'protocaps' in peer.capabilities():
        try:
            peer._call("protocaps",
                       caps=' '.join(sorted(_clientcapabilities())))
        except IOError:
            peer._cleanup()
            raise error.RepoError(_('capability exchange failed'))

    return peer