view tests/test-histedit-non-commute-abort.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

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

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

  $ initrepo ()
  > {
  >     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
  >     echo a >> e
  >     hg ci -m 'does not commute with e'
  >     cd ..
  > }

  $ initrepo
  $ cd r

log before edit
  $ hg log --graph
  @  changeset:   6:bfa474341cc9
  |  tag:         tip
  |  user:        test
  |  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  |  summary:     does not commute with e
  |
  o  changeset:   5:652413bf663e
  |  user:        test
  |  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  |  summary:     f
  |
  o  changeset:   4:e860deea161a
  |  user:        test
  |  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  |  summary:     e
  |
  o  changeset:   3:055a42cdd887
  |  user:        test
  |  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  |  summary:     d
  |
  o  changeset:   2:177f92b77385
  |  user:        test
  |  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  |  summary:     c
  |
  o  changeset:   1:d2ae7f538514
  |  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
  

edit the history
  $ hg histedit 177f92b77385 --commands - 2>&1 <<EOF | fixbundle
  > pick 177f92b77385 c
  > pick 055a42cdd887 d
  > pick bfa474341cc9 does not commute with e
  > pick e860deea161a e
  > pick 652413bf663e f
  > EOF
  merging e
  warning: conflicts while merging e! (edit, then use 'hg resolve --mark')
  Fix up the change (pick e860deea161a)
  (hg histedit --continue to resume)

insert unsupported advisory merge record
  $ hg --config extensions.fakemergerecord=$TESTDIR/fakemergerecord.py fakemergerecord -x
  $ hg debugmergestate
  * version 2 records
  local: 8f7551c7e4a2f2efe0bc8c741baf7f227d65d758
  other: e860deea161a2f77de56603b340ebbb4536308ae
  labels:
    local: local
    other: histedit
  unrecognized entry: x	advisory record
  file extras: e (ancestorlinknode = 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000)
  file: e (record type "F", state "u", hash 58e6b3a414a1e090dfc6029add0f3555ccba127f)
    local path: e (flags "")
    ancestor path: e (node null)
    other path: e (node 6b67ccefd5ce6de77e7ead4f5292843a0255329f)
  $ hg resolve -l
  U e

insert unsupported mandatory merge record
  $ hg --config extensions.fakemergerecord=$TESTDIR/fakemergerecord.py fakemergerecord -X
  $ hg debugmergestate
  * version 2 records
  local: 8f7551c7e4a2f2efe0bc8c741baf7f227d65d758
  other: e860deea161a2f77de56603b340ebbb4536308ae
  labels:
    local: local
    other: histedit
  file extras: e (ancestorlinknode = 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000)
  file: e (record type "F", state "u", hash 58e6b3a414a1e090dfc6029add0f3555ccba127f)
    local path: e (flags "")
    ancestor path: e (node null)
    other path: e (node 6b67ccefd5ce6de77e7ead4f5292843a0255329f)
  unrecognized entry: X	mandatory record
  $ hg resolve -l
  abort: unsupported merge state records: X
  (see https://mercurial-scm.org/wiki/MergeStateRecords for more information)
  [255]
  $ hg resolve -ma
  abort: unsupported merge state records: X
  (see https://mercurial-scm.org/wiki/MergeStateRecords for more information)
  [255]

abort the edit (should clear out merge state)
  $ hg histedit --abort 2>&1 | fixbundle
  2 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ hg debugmergestate
  no merge state found

log after abort
  $ hg resolve -l
  $ hg log --graph
  @  changeset:   6:bfa474341cc9
  |  tag:         tip
  |  user:        test
  |  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  |  summary:     does not commute with e
  |
  o  changeset:   5:652413bf663e
  |  user:        test
  |  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  |  summary:     f
  |
  o  changeset:   4:e860deea161a
  |  user:        test
  |  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  |  summary:     e
  |
  o  changeset:   3:055a42cdd887
  |  user:        test
  |  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  |  summary:     d
  |
  o  changeset:   2:177f92b77385
  |  user:        test
  |  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  |  summary:     c
  |
  o  changeset:   1:d2ae7f538514
  |  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
  

  $ cd ..