view tests/test-histedit-no-change.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

test for old histedit issue #6:
editing a changeset without any actual change would corrupt the repository

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

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

  $ initrepo ()
  > {
  >     dir="$1"
  >     comment="$2"
  >     if [ -n "${comment}" ]; then
  >         echo % ${comment}
  >         echo % ${comment} | sed 's:.:-:g'
  >     fi
  >     hg init ${dir}
  >     cd ${dir}
  >     for x in a b c d e f ; do
  >         echo $x > $x
  >         hg add $x
  >         hg ci -m $x
  >     done
  >     cd ..
  > }

  $ geneditor ()
  > {
  >     # generate an editor script for selecting changesets to be edited
  >     choice=$1  # changesets that should be edited (using sed line ranges)
  >     cat <<EOF | sed 's:^....::'
  >     # editing the rules, replacing 'pick' with 'edit' for the chosen lines
  >     sed '${choice}s:^pick:edit:' "\$1" > "\${1}.tmp"
  >     mv "\${1}.tmp" "\$1"
  >     # displaying the resulting rules, minus comments and empty lines
  >     sed '/^#/d;/^$/d;s:^:| :' "\$1" >&2
  > EOF
  > }

  $ startediting ()
  > {
  >     # begin an editing session
  >     choice="$1"  # changesets that should be edited
  >     number="$2"  # number of changesets considered (from tip)
  >     comment="$3"
  >     geneditor "${choice}" > edit.sh
  >     echo % start editing the history ${comment}
  >     HGEDITOR="sh ./edit.sh" hg histedit -- -${number} 2>&1 | fixbundle
  > }

  $ continueediting ()
  > {
  >     # continue an edit already in progress
  >     editor="$1"  # message editor when finalizing editing
  >     comment="$2"
  >     echo % finalize changeset editing ${comment}
  >     HGEDITOR=${editor} hg histedit --continue 2>&1 | fixbundle
  > }

  $ graphlog ()
  > {
  >     comment="${1:-log}"
  >     echo % "${comment}"
  >     hg log -G --template '{rev} {node} \"{desc|firstline}\"\n'
  > }


  $ initrepo r1 "test editing with no change"
  % test editing with no change
  -----------------------------
  $ cd r1
  $ graphlog "log before editing"
  % log before editing
  @  5 652413bf663ef2a641cab26574e46d5f5a64a55a "f"
  |
  o  4 e860deea161a2f77de56603b340ebbb4536308ae "e"
  |
  o  3 055a42cdd88768532f9cf79daa407fc8d138de9b "d"
  |
  o  2 177f92b773850b59254aa5e923436f921b55483b "c"
  |
  o  1 d2ae7f538514cd87c17547b0de4cea71fe1af9fb "b"
  |
  o  0 cb9a9f314b8b07ba71012fcdbc544b5a4d82ff5b "a"
  
  $ startediting 2 3 "(not changing anything)" # edit the 2nd of 3 changesets
  % start editing the history (not changing anything)
  | pick 055a42cdd887 3 d
  | edit e860deea161a 4 e
  | pick 652413bf663e 5 f
  0 files updated, 0 files merged, 2 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  Editing (e860deea161a), you may commit or record as needed now.
  (hg histedit --continue to resume)
  $ continueediting true "(leaving commit message unaltered)"
  % finalize changeset editing (leaving commit message unaltered)


check state of working copy
  $ hg id
  794fe033d0a0 tip

  $ graphlog "log after history editing"
  % log after history editing
  @  5 794fe033d0a030f8df77c5de945fca35c9181c30 "f"
  |
  o  4 04d2fab980779f332dec458cc944f28de8b43435 "e"
  |
  o  3 055a42cdd88768532f9cf79daa407fc8d138de9b "d"
  |
  o  2 177f92b773850b59254aa5e923436f921b55483b "c"
  |
  o  1 d2ae7f538514cd87c17547b0de4cea71fe1af9fb "b"
  |
  o  0 cb9a9f314b8b07ba71012fcdbc544b5a4d82ff5b "a"
  

  $ cd ..

  $ initrepo r2 "test editing with no change, then abort"
  % test editing with no change, then abort
  -----------------------------------------
  $ cd r2
  $ graphlog "log before editing"
  % log before editing
  @  5 652413bf663ef2a641cab26574e46d5f5a64a55a "f"
  |
  o  4 e860deea161a2f77de56603b340ebbb4536308ae "e"
  |
  o  3 055a42cdd88768532f9cf79daa407fc8d138de9b "d"
  |
  o  2 177f92b773850b59254aa5e923436f921b55483b "c"
  |
  o  1 d2ae7f538514cd87c17547b0de4cea71fe1af9fb "b"
  |
  o  0 cb9a9f314b8b07ba71012fcdbc544b5a4d82ff5b "a"
  
  $ startediting 1,2 3 "(not changing anything)" # edit the 1st two of 3 changesets
  % start editing the history (not changing anything)
  | edit 055a42cdd887 3 d
  | edit e860deea161a 4 e
  | pick 652413bf663e 5 f
  0 files updated, 0 files merged, 3 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  Editing (055a42cdd887), you may commit or record as needed now.
  (hg histedit --continue to resume)
  $ continueediting true "(leaving commit message unaltered)"
  % finalize changeset editing (leaving commit message unaltered)
  Editing (e860deea161a), you may commit or record as needed now.
  (hg histedit --continue to resume)
  $ graphlog "log after first edit"
  % log after first edit
  @  6 e5ae3ca2f1ffdbd89ec41ebc273a231f7c3022f2 "d"
  |
  | o  5 652413bf663ef2a641cab26574e46d5f5a64a55a "f"
  | |
  | o  4 e860deea161a2f77de56603b340ebbb4536308ae "e"
  | |
  | o  3 055a42cdd88768532f9cf79daa407fc8d138de9b "d"
  |/
  o  2 177f92b773850b59254aa5e923436f921b55483b "c"
  |
  o  1 d2ae7f538514cd87c17547b0de4cea71fe1af9fb "b"
  |
  o  0 cb9a9f314b8b07ba71012fcdbc544b5a4d82ff5b "a"
  

abort editing session, after first forcibly updating away
  $ hg up 0
  abort: histedit in progress
  (use 'hg histedit --continue' or 'hg histedit --abort')
  [255]
  $ mv .hg/histedit-state .hg/histedit-state-ignore
  $ hg up 0
  0 files updated, 0 files merged, 3 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ mv .hg/histedit-state-ignore .hg/histedit-state
  $ hg sum
  parent: 0:cb9a9f314b8b 
   a
  branch: default
  commit: 1 added, 1 unknown (new branch head)
  update: 6 new changesets (update)
  phases: 7 draft
  hist:   2 remaining (histedit --continue)

  $ hg histedit --abort 2>&1 | fixbundle

modified files should survive the abort when we've moved away already
  $ hg st
  A e
  ? edit.sh

  $ graphlog "log after abort"
  % log after abort
  o  5 652413bf663ef2a641cab26574e46d5f5a64a55a "f"
  |
  o  4 e860deea161a2f77de56603b340ebbb4536308ae "e"
  |
  o  3 055a42cdd88768532f9cf79daa407fc8d138de9b "d"
  |
  o  2 177f92b773850b59254aa5e923436f921b55483b "c"
  |
  o  1 d2ae7f538514cd87c17547b0de4cea71fe1af9fb "b"
  |
  @  0 cb9a9f314b8b07ba71012fcdbc544b5a4d82ff5b "a"
  
aborting and not changing files can skip mentioning updating (no) files
  $ hg up
  5 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ hg commit --close-branch -m 'closebranch'
  $ startediting 1 1 "(not changing anything)" # edit the 3rd of 3 changesets
  % start editing the history (not changing anything)
  | edit 292aec348d9e 6 closebranch
  Editing (292aec348d9e), you may commit or record as needed now.
  (hg histedit --continue to resume)
  $ hg histedit --abort

  $ cd ..