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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

Tests for access level on hidden commits by various commands on based of their
type.

Setting the required config to start this

  $ cat >> $HGRCPATH <<EOF
  > [experimental]
  > evolution=createmarkers, allowunstable
  > directaccess=True
  > directaccess.revnums=True
  > [extensions]
  > amend =
  > EOF

  $ hg init repo
  $ cd repo
  $ for ch in a b c; do touch $ch; echo "foo" >> $ch; hg ci -Aqm "Added "$ch; done

  $ hg log -G -T '{rev}:{node} {desc}' --hidden
  @  2:28ad74487de9599d00d81085be739c61fc340652 Added c
  |
  o  1:29becc82797a4bc11ec8880b58eaecd2ab3e7760 Added b
  |
  o  0:18d04c59bb5d2d4090ad9a5b59bd6274adb63add Added a
  
  $ echo "bar" >> c
  $ hg amend

  $ hg log -G -T '{rev}:{node} {desc}' --hidden
  @  3:2443a0e664694756d8b435d06b6ad84f941b6fc0 Added c
  |
  | x  2:28ad74487de9599d00d81085be739c61fc340652 Added c
  |/
  o  1:29becc82797a4bc11ec8880b58eaecd2ab3e7760 Added b
  |
  o  0:18d04c59bb5d2d4090ad9a5b59bd6274adb63add Added a
  
Testing read only commands on the hidden revision

Testing with rev number

  $ hg exp 2 --config experimental.directaccess.revnums=False
  abort: hidden revision '2' was rewritten as: 2443a0e66469!
  (use --hidden to access hidden revisions)
  [255]

  $ hg exp 2
  # HG changeset patch
  # User test
  # Date 0 0
  #      Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  # Node ID 28ad74487de9599d00d81085be739c61fc340652
  # Parent  29becc82797a4bc11ec8880b58eaecd2ab3e7760
  Added c
  
  diff -r 29becc82797a -r 28ad74487de9 c
  --- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  +++ b/c	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  @@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
  +foo

  $ hg log -r 2
  changeset:   2:28ad74487de9
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  obsolete:    rewritten using amend as 3:2443a0e66469
  summary:     Added c
  
  $ hg identify -r 2
  28ad74487de9

  $ hg status --change 2
  A c

  $ hg status --change 2 --config experimental.directaccess.revnums=False
  abort: hidden revision '2' was rewritten as: 2443a0e66469!
  (use --hidden to access hidden revisions)
  [255]

  $ hg diff -c 2
  diff -r 29becc82797a -r 28ad74487de9 c
  --- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  +++ b/c	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  @@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
  +foo

Testing with hash

`hg export`

  $ hg exp 28ad74
  # HG changeset patch
  # User test
  # Date 0 0
  #      Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  # Node ID 28ad74487de9599d00d81085be739c61fc340652
  # Parent  29becc82797a4bc11ec8880b58eaecd2ab3e7760
  Added c
  
  diff -r 29becc82797a -r 28ad74487de9 c
  --- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  +++ b/c	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  @@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
  +foo

`hg log`

  $ hg log -r 28ad74
  changeset:   2:28ad74487de9
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  obsolete:    rewritten using amend as 3:2443a0e66469
  summary:     Added c
  
`hg cat`

  $ hg cat -r 28ad74 c
  foo

`hg diff`

  $ hg diff -c 28ad74
  diff -r 29becc82797a -r 28ad74487de9 c
  --- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  +++ b/c	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  @@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
  +foo

`hg files`

  $ hg files -r 28ad74
  a
  b
  c

`hg identify`

  $ hg identify -r 28ad74
  28ad74487de9

`hg annotate`

  $ hg annotate -r 28ad74 a
  0: foo

`hg status`

  $ hg status --change 28ad74
  A c

`hg archive`

This should not throw error
  $ hg archive -r 28ad74 foo

`hg update`

  $ hg up 28ad74
  updating to a hidden changeset 28ad74487de9
  (hidden revision '28ad74487de9' was rewritten as: 2443a0e66469)
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved

  $ hg up 3
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved

  $ hg up
  0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved

`hg revert`

  $ hg revert -r 28ad74 --all
  reverting c

  $ hg diff
  diff -r 2443a0e66469 c
  --- a/c	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  +++ b/c	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  @@ -1,2 +1,1 @@
   foo
  -bar

Commands with undefined cmdtype should not work right now

  $ hg phase -r 28ad74
  abort: hidden revision '28ad74' was rewritten as: 2443a0e66469!
  (use --hidden to access hidden revisions)
  [255]

  $ hg phase -r 2
  abort: hidden revision '2' was rewritten as: 2443a0e66469!
  (use --hidden to access hidden revisions)
  [255]

Setting a bookmark will make that changeset unhidden, so this should come in end

  $ hg bookmarks -r 28ad74 book
  bookmarking hidden changeset 28ad74487de9
  (hidden revision '28ad74487de9' was rewritten as: 2443a0e66469)

  $ hg bookmarks
     book                      2:28ad74487de9