view tests/test-identify.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

#require serve

#if no-outer-repo

no repo

  $ hg id
  abort: there is no Mercurial repository here (.hg not found)
  [255]

#endif

create repo

  $ hg init test
  $ cd test
  $ echo a > a
  $ hg ci -Ama
  adding a

basic id usage

  $ hg id
  cb9a9f314b8b tip
  $ hg id --debug
  cb9a9f314b8b07ba71012fcdbc544b5a4d82ff5b tip
  $ hg id -q
  cb9a9f314b8b
  $ hg id -v
  cb9a9f314b8b tip

with options

  $ hg id -r.
  cb9a9f314b8b tip
  $ hg id -n
  0
  $ hg id -t
  tip
  $ hg id -b
  default
  $ hg id -i
  cb9a9f314b8b
  $ hg id -n -t -b -i
  cb9a9f314b8b 0 default tip
  $ hg id -Tjson
  [
   {
    "bookmarks": [],
    "branch": "default",
    "dirty": "",
    "id": "cb9a9f314b8b",
    "node": "ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff",
    "parents": [{"node": "cb9a9f314b8b07ba71012fcdbc544b5a4d82ff5b", "rev": 0}],
    "tags": ["tip"]
   }
  ]

test template keywords and functions which require changectx:

  $ hg id -T '{rev} {node|shortest}\n'
  2147483647 ffff
  $ hg id -T '{parents % "{rev} {node|shortest} {desc}\n"}'
  0 cb9a a

with modifications

  $ echo b > a
  $ hg id -n -t -b -i
  cb9a9f314b8b+ 0+ default tip
  $ hg id -Tjson
  [
   {
    "bookmarks": [],
    "branch": "default",
    "dirty": "+",
    "id": "cb9a9f314b8b+",
    "node": "ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff",
    "parents": [{"node": "cb9a9f314b8b07ba71012fcdbc544b5a4d82ff5b", "rev": 0}],
    "tags": ["tip"]
   }
  ]

other local repo

  $ cd ..
  $ hg -R test id
  cb9a9f314b8b+ tip
#if no-outer-repo
  $ hg id test
  cb9a9f314b8b+ tip
#endif

with remote http repo

  $ cd test
  $ hg serve -p $HGPORT1 -d --pid-file=hg.pid
  $ cat hg.pid >> $DAEMON_PIDS
  $ hg id http://localhost:$HGPORT1/
  cb9a9f314b8b

remote with rev number?

  $ hg id -n http://localhost:$HGPORT1/
  abort: can't query remote revision number, branch, or tags
  [255]

remote with tags?

  $ hg id -t http://localhost:$HGPORT1/
  abort: can't query remote revision number, branch, or tags
  [255]

remote with branch?

  $ hg id -b http://localhost:$HGPORT1/
  abort: can't query remote revision number, branch, or tags
  [255]

test bookmark support

  $ hg bookmark Y
  $ hg bookmark Z
  $ hg bookmarks
     Y                         0:cb9a9f314b8b
   * Z                         0:cb9a9f314b8b
  $ hg id
  cb9a9f314b8b+ tip Y/Z
  $ hg id --bookmarks
  Y Z

test remote identify with bookmarks

  $ hg id http://localhost:$HGPORT1/
  cb9a9f314b8b Y/Z
  $ hg id --bookmarks http://localhost:$HGPORT1/
  Y Z
  $ hg id -r . http://localhost:$HGPORT1/
  cb9a9f314b8b Y/Z
  $ hg id --bookmarks -r . http://localhost:$HGPORT1/
  Y Z

test invalid lookup

  $ hg id -r noNoNO http://localhost:$HGPORT1/
  abort: unknown revision 'noNoNO'!
  [255]

Make sure we do not obscure unknown requires file entries (issue2649)

  $ echo fake >> .hg/requires
  $ hg id
  abort: repository requires features unknown to this Mercurial: fake!
  (see https://mercurial-scm.org/wiki/MissingRequirement for more information)
  [255]

  $ cd ..
#if no-outer-repo
  $ hg id test
  abort: repository requires features unknown to this Mercurial: fake!
  (see https://mercurial-scm.org/wiki/MissingRequirement for more information)
  [255]
#endif