view tests/test-debugbundle.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

Create a test repository:

  $ hg init repo
  $ cd repo
  $ touch a ; hg add a ; hg ci -ma
  $ touch b ; hg add b ; hg ci -mb
  $ touch c ; hg add c ; hg ci -mc
  $ hg bundle --base 0 --rev tip bundle.hg -v --type v1
  2 changesets found
  uncompressed size of bundle content:
       332 (changelog)
       282 (manifests)
        93  b
        93  c
  $ hg bundle --base 0 --rev tip bundle2.hg -v --type none-v2
  2 changesets found
  uncompressed size of bundle content:
       344 (changelog)
       322 (manifests)
       113  b
       113  c

Terse output:

  $ hg debugbundle bundle.hg
  0e067c57feba1a5694ca4844f05588bb1bf82342
  991a3460af53952d10ec8a295d3d2cc2e5fa9690

Terse output:

  $ hg debugbundle bundle2.hg
  Stream params: {}
  changegroup -- {nbchanges: 2, version: 02}
      0e067c57feba1a5694ca4844f05588bb1bf82342
      991a3460af53952d10ec8a295d3d2cc2e5fa9690
  cache:rev-branch-cache -- {}

Quiet output

  $ hg debugbundle --quiet bundle2.hg
  Stream params: {}
  changegroup -- {nbchanges: 2, version: 02}
  cache:rev-branch-cache -- {}

Verbose output:

  $ hg debugbundle --all bundle.hg
  format: id, p1, p2, cset, delta base, len(delta)
  
  changelog
  0e067c57feba1a5694ca4844f05588bb1bf82342 3903775176ed42b1458a6281db4a0ccf4d9f287a 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0e067c57feba1a5694ca4844f05588bb1bf82342 3903775176ed42b1458a6281db4a0ccf4d9f287a 80
  991a3460af53952d10ec8a295d3d2cc2e5fa9690 0e067c57feba1a5694ca4844f05588bb1bf82342 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 991a3460af53952d10ec8a295d3d2cc2e5fa9690 0e067c57feba1a5694ca4844f05588bb1bf82342 80
  
  manifest
  686dbf0aeca417636fa26a9121c681eabbb15a20 8515d4bfda768e04af4c13a69a72e28c7effbea7 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0e067c57feba1a5694ca4844f05588bb1bf82342 8515d4bfda768e04af4c13a69a72e28c7effbea7 55
  ae25a31b30b3490a981e7b96a3238cc69583fda1 686dbf0aeca417636fa26a9121c681eabbb15a20 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 991a3460af53952d10ec8a295d3d2cc2e5fa9690 686dbf0aeca417636fa26a9121c681eabbb15a20 55
  
  b
  b80de5d138758541c5f05265ad144ab9fa86d1db 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0e067c57feba1a5694ca4844f05588bb1bf82342 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0
  
  c
  b80de5d138758541c5f05265ad144ab9fa86d1db 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 991a3460af53952d10ec8a295d3d2cc2e5fa9690 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0

  $ hg debugbundle --all bundle2.hg
  Stream params: {}
  changegroup -- {nbchanges: 2, version: 02}
      format: id, p1, p2, cset, delta base, len(delta)
  
      changelog
      0e067c57feba1a5694ca4844f05588bb1bf82342 3903775176ed42b1458a6281db4a0ccf4d9f287a 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0e067c57feba1a5694ca4844f05588bb1bf82342 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 66
      991a3460af53952d10ec8a295d3d2cc2e5fa9690 0e067c57feba1a5694ca4844f05588bb1bf82342 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 991a3460af53952d10ec8a295d3d2cc2e5fa9690 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 66
  
      manifest
      686dbf0aeca417636fa26a9121c681eabbb15a20 8515d4bfda768e04af4c13a69a72e28c7effbea7 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0e067c57feba1a5694ca4844f05588bb1bf82342 8515d4bfda768e04af4c13a69a72e28c7effbea7 55
      ae25a31b30b3490a981e7b96a3238cc69583fda1 686dbf0aeca417636fa26a9121c681eabbb15a20 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 991a3460af53952d10ec8a295d3d2cc2e5fa9690 686dbf0aeca417636fa26a9121c681eabbb15a20 55
  
      b
      b80de5d138758541c5f05265ad144ab9fa86d1db 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0e067c57feba1a5694ca4844f05588bb1bf82342 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0
  
      c
      b80de5d138758541c5f05265ad144ab9fa86d1db 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 991a3460af53952d10ec8a295d3d2cc2e5fa9690 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0
  cache:rev-branch-cache -- {}

  $ cd ..