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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

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

  $ initrepos ()
  > {
  >     hg init r
  >     cd r
  >     for x in a b c ; do
  >         echo $x > $x
  >         hg add $x
  >         hg ci -m $x
  >     done
  >     cd ..
  >     hg clone r r2 | grep -v updating
  >     cd r2
  >     for x in d e f ; do
  >         echo $x > $x
  >         hg add $x
  >         hg ci -m $x
  >     done
  >     cd ..
  >     hg init r3
  >     cd r3
  >     for x in g h i ; do
  >         echo $x > $x
  >         hg add $x
  >         hg ci -m $x
  >     done
  >     cd ..
  > }

  $ initrepos
  3 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved

show the edit commands offered by outgoing
  $ cd r2
  $ HGEDITOR=cat hg histedit --outgoing ../r | grep -v comparing | grep -v searching
  pick 055a42cdd887 3 d
  pick e860deea161a 4 e
  pick 652413bf663e 5 f
  
  # Edit history between 055a42cdd887 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
  #
  $ cd ..

show the error from unrelated repos
  $ cd r3
  $ HGEDITOR=cat hg histedit --outgoing ../r | grep -v comparing | grep -v searching
  abort: repository is unrelated
  [1]
  $ cd ..

show the error from unrelated repos
  $ cd r3
  $ HGEDITOR=cat hg histedit --force --outgoing ../r
  comparing with ../r
  searching for changes
  warning: repository is unrelated
  pick 2a4042b45417 0 g
  pick 68c46b4927ce 1 h
  pick 51281e65ba79 2 i
  
  # Edit history between 2a4042b45417 and 51281e65ba79
  #
  # 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
  #
  $ cd ..

test sensitivity to branch in URL:

  $ cd r2
  $ hg -q update 2
  $ hg -q branch foo
  $ hg commit -m 'create foo branch'
  $ HGEDITOR=cat hg histedit --outgoing '../r#foo' | grep -v comparing | grep -v searching
  pick f26599ee3441 6 create foo branch
  
  # Edit history between f26599ee3441 and f26599ee3441
  #
  # 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
  #

test to check number of roots in outgoing revisions

  $ hg -q outgoing -G --template '{node|short}({branch})' '../r'
  @  f26599ee3441(foo)
  
  o  652413bf663e(default)
  |
  o  e860deea161a(default)
  |
  o  055a42cdd887(default)
  
  $ HGEDITOR=cat hg -q histedit --outgoing '../r'
  abort: there are ambiguous outgoing revisions
  (see 'hg help histedit' for more detail)
  [255]

  $ hg -q update -C 2
  $ echo aa >> a
  $ hg -q commit -m 'another head on default'
  $ hg -q outgoing -G --template '{node|short}({branch})' '../r#default'
  @  3879dc049647(default)
  
  o  652413bf663e(default)
  |
  o  e860deea161a(default)
  |
  o  055a42cdd887(default)
  
  $ HGEDITOR=cat hg -q histedit --outgoing '../r#default'
  abort: there are ambiguous outgoing revisions
  (see 'hg help histedit' for more detail)
  [255]

  $ cd ..