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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

  $ . "$TESTDIR/histedit-helpers.sh"

  $ cat >> $HGRCPATH <<EOF
  > [extensions]
  > histedit=
  > EOF

  $ hg init r
  $ cd r

  $ for x in a b c d e f ; do
  >     echo $x > $x
  >     hg add $x
  >     hg ci -m $x
  > done

  $ hg book -r 1 will-move-backwards
  $ hg book -r 2 two
  $ hg book -r 2 also-two
  $ hg book -r 3 three
  $ hg book -r 4 four
  $ hg book -r tip five
  $ hg log --graph
  @  changeset:   5:652413bf663e
  |  bookmark:    five
  |  tag:         tip
  |  user:        test
  |  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  |  summary:     f
  |
  o  changeset:   4:e860deea161a
  |  bookmark:    four
  |  user:        test
  |  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  |  summary:     e
  |
  o  changeset:   3:055a42cdd887
  |  bookmark:    three
  |  user:        test
  |  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  |  summary:     d
  |
  o  changeset:   2:177f92b77385
  |  bookmark:    also-two
  |  bookmark:    two
  |  user:        test
  |  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  |  summary:     c
  |
  o  changeset:   1:d2ae7f538514
  |  bookmark:    will-move-backwards
  |  user:        test
  |  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  |  summary:     b
  |
  o  changeset:   0:cb9a9f314b8b
     user:        test
     date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
     summary:     a
  
  $ HGEDITOR=cat hg histedit 1
  pick d2ae7f538514 1 b
  pick 177f92b77385 2 c
  pick 055a42cdd887 3 d
  pick e860deea161a 4 e
  pick 652413bf663e 5 f
  
  # Edit history between d2ae7f538514 and 652413bf663e
  #
  # Commits are listed from least to most recent
  #
  # You can reorder changesets by reordering the lines
  #
  # Commands:
  #
  #  e, edit = use commit, but stop for amending
  #  m, mess = edit commit message without changing commit content
  #  p, pick = use commit
  #  b, base = checkout changeset and apply further changesets from there
  #  d, drop = remove commit from history
  #  f, fold = use commit, but combine it with the one above
  #  r, roll = like fold, but discard this commit's description and date
  #
  $ hg histedit 1 --commands - --verbose << EOF | grep histedit
  > pick 177f92b77385 2 c
  > drop d2ae7f538514 1 b
  > pick 055a42cdd887 3 d
  > fold e860deea161a 4 e
  > pick 652413bf663e 5 f
  > EOF
  saved backup bundle to $TESTTMP/r/.hg/strip-backup/96e494a2d553-45c027ab-histedit.hg
  $ hg log --graph
  @  changeset:   3:cacdfd884a93
  |  bookmark:    five
  |  tag:         tip
  |  user:        test
  |  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  |  summary:     f
  |
  o  changeset:   2:59d9f330561f
  |  bookmark:    four
  |  bookmark:    three
  |  user:        test
  |  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  |  summary:     d
  |
  o  changeset:   1:b346ab9a313d
  |  bookmark:    also-two
  |  bookmark:    two
  |  user:        test
  |  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  |  summary:     c
  |
  o  changeset:   0:cb9a9f314b8b
     bookmark:    will-move-backwards
     user:        test
     date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
     summary:     a
  
  $ HGEDITOR=cat hg histedit 1
  pick b346ab9a313d 1 c
  pick 59d9f330561f 2 d
  pick cacdfd884a93 3 f
  
  # Edit history between b346ab9a313d and cacdfd884a93
  #
  # Commits are listed from least to most recent
  #
  # You can reorder changesets by reordering the lines
  #
  # Commands:
  #
  #  e, edit = use commit, but stop for amending
  #  m, mess = edit commit message without changing commit content
  #  p, pick = use commit
  #  b, base = checkout changeset and apply further changesets from there
  #  d, drop = remove commit from history
  #  f, fold = use commit, but combine it with the one above
  #  r, roll = like fold, but discard this commit's description and date
  #
  $ hg histedit 1 --commands - --verbose << EOF | grep histedit
  > pick b346ab9a313d 1 c
  > pick cacdfd884a93 3 f
  > pick 59d9f330561f 2 d
  > EOF
  saved backup bundle to $TESTTMP/r/.hg/strip-backup/59d9f330561f-073008af-histedit.hg

We expect 'five' to stay at tip, since the tipmost bookmark is most
likely the useful signal.

  $ hg log --graph
  @  changeset:   3:c04e50810e4b
  |  bookmark:    five
  |  bookmark:    four
  |  bookmark:    three
  |  tag:         tip
  |  user:        test
  |  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  |  summary:     d
  |
  o  changeset:   2:c13eb81022ca
  |  user:        test
  |  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  |  summary:     f
  |
  o  changeset:   1:b346ab9a313d
  |  bookmark:    also-two
  |  bookmark:    two
  |  user:        test
  |  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  |  summary:     c
  |
  o  changeset:   0:cb9a9f314b8b
     bookmark:    will-move-backwards
     user:        test
     date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
     summary:     a