view tests/test-committer.t @ 37048:fc5e261915b9

wireproto: require POST for all HTTPv2 requests

Wire protocol version 1 transfers argument data via request
headers by default. This has historically caused problems because
servers institute limits on the length of individual HTTP headers
as well as the total size of all request headers. Mercurial servers
can advertise the maximum length of an individual header. But
there's no guarantee any intermediate HTTP agents will accept
headers up to that length.

In the existing wire protocol, server operators typically also
key off the HTTP request method to implement authentication.
For example, GET requests translate to read-only requests and
can be allowed. But read-write commands must use POST and require
authentication. This has typically worked because the only wire
protocol commands that use POST modify the repo (e.g. the
"unbundle" command).

There is an experimental feature to enable clients to transmit
argument data via POST request bodies. This is technically a
better and more robust solution. But we can't enable it by default
because of servers assuming POST means write access.

In version 2 of the wire protocol, the permissions of a request
are encoded in the URL. And with it being a new protocol in a new
URL space, we're not constrained by backwards compatibility
requirements.

This commit adopts the technically superior mechanism of using
HTTP request bodies to send argument data by requiring POST for
all commands. Strictly speaking, it may be possible to send
request bodies on GET requests. But my experience is that not all
HTTP stacks support this. POST pretty much always works. Using POST
for read-only operations does sacrifice some RESTful design
purity. But this API cares about practicality, not about being
in Roy T. Fielding's REST ivory tower.

There's a chance we may relax this restriction in the future. But
for now, I want to see how far we can get with a POST only API.

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D2837

  $ unset HGUSER
  $ EMAIL="My Name <[e-mail]>"
  $ export EMAIL

  $ hg init test
  $ cd test
  $ touch asdf
  $ hg add asdf
  $ hg commit -m commit-1
  $ hg tip
  changeset:   0:53f268a58230
  tag:         tip
  user:        My Name <[e-mail]>
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     commit-1
  

  $ unset EMAIL
  $ echo 1234 > asdf
  $ hg commit -u "[e-mail]" -m commit-1
  $ hg tip
  changeset:   1:3871b2a9e9bf
  tag:         tip
  user:        [e-mail]
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     commit-1
  
  $ echo "[ui]" >> .hg/hgrc
  $ echo "username = foobar <[e-mail]>" >> .hg/hgrc
  $ echo 12 > asdf
  $ hg commit -m commit-1
  $ hg tip
  changeset:   2:8eeac6695c1c
  tag:         tip
  user:        foobar <[e-mail]>
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     commit-1
  
  $ echo 1 > asdf
  $ hg commit -u "[e-mail]" -m commit-1
  $ hg tip
  changeset:   3:957606a725e4
  tag:         tip
  user:        [e-mail]
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     commit-1
  
  $ echo 123 > asdf
  $ echo "[ui]" > .hg/hgrc
  $ echo "username = " >> .hg/hgrc
  $ hg commit -m commit-1
  abort: no username supplied
  (use 'hg config --edit' to set your username)
  [255]

# test alternate config var

  $ echo 1234 > asdf
  $ echo "[ui]" > .hg/hgrc
  $ echo "user = Foo Bar II <[e-mail]>" >> .hg/hgrc
  $ hg commit -m commit-1
  $ hg tip
  changeset:   4:6f24bfb4c617
  tag:         tip
  user:        Foo Bar II <[e-mail]>
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     commit-1
  
# test prompt username

  $ cat > .hg/hgrc <<EOF
  > [ui]
  > askusername = True
  > EOF

  $ echo 12345 > asdf
  $ hg commit --config ui.interactive=False -m ask
  enter a commit username: 
  no username found, using '[^']*' instead (re)
  $ hg rollback -q

  $ hg commit --config ui.interactive=True -m ask <<EOF
  > Asked User <[e-mail]>
  > EOF
  enter a commit username: Asked User <[e-mail]>
  $ hg tip
  changeset:   5:84c91d963b70
  tag:         tip
  user:        Asked User <[e-mail]>
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     ask
  

# test no .hg/hgrc (uses generated non-interactive username)

  $ echo space > asdf
  $ rm .hg/hgrc
  $ hg commit -m commit-1 2>&1
  no username found, using '[^']*' instead (re)

  $ echo space2 > asdf
  $ hg commit -u ' ' -m commit-1
  transaction abort!
  rollback completed
  abort: empty username!
  [255]

# don't add tests here, previous test is unstable

  $ cd ..