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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

initial
  $ hg init test-a
  $ cd test-a
  $ cat >test.txt <<"EOF"
  > 1
  > 2
  > 3
  > EOF
  $ hg add test.txt
  $ hg commit -m "Initial"

clone
  $ cd ..
  $ hg clone test-a test-b
  updating to branch default
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved

change test-a
  $ cd test-a
  $ cat >test.txt <<"EOF"
  > one
  > two
  > three
  > EOF
  $ hg commit -m "Numbers as words"

change test-b
  $ cd ../test-b
  $ cat >test.txt <<"EOF"
  > 1
  > 2.5
  > 3
  > EOF
  $ hg commit -m "2 -> 2.5"

now pull and merge from test-a
  $ hg pull ../test-a
  pulling from ../test-a
  searching for changes
  adding changesets
  adding manifests
  adding file changes
  added 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files (+1 heads)
  new changesets 96b70246a118
  (run 'hg heads' to see heads, 'hg merge' to merge)
  $ hg merge
  merging test.txt
  warning: conflicts while merging test.txt! (edit, then use 'hg resolve --mark')
  0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 1 files unresolved
  use 'hg resolve' to retry unresolved file merges or 'hg merge --abort' to abandon
  [1]
resolve conflict
  $ cat >test.txt <<"EOF"
  > one
  > two-point-five
  > three
  > EOF
  $ rm -f *.orig
  $ hg resolve -m test.txt
  (no more unresolved files)
  $ hg commit -m "Merge 1"

change test-a again
  $ cd ../test-a
  $ cat >test.txt <<"EOF"
  > one
  > two-point-one
  > three
  > EOF
  $ hg commit -m "two -> two-point-one"

pull and merge from test-a again
  $ cd ../test-b
  $ hg pull ../test-a
  pulling from ../test-a
  searching for changes
  adding changesets
  adding manifests
  adding file changes
  added 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files (+1 heads)
  new changesets 40d11a4173a8
  (run 'hg heads' to see heads, 'hg merge' to merge)
  $ hg merge --debug
    searching for copies back to rev 1
  resolving manifests
   branchmerge: True, force: False, partial: False
   ancestor: 96b70246a118, local: 50c3a7e29886+, remote: 40d11a4173a8
   preserving test.txt for resolve of test.txt
  starting 4 threads for background file closing (?)
   test.txt: versions differ -> m (premerge)
  picked tool ':merge' for test.txt (binary False symlink False changedelete False)
  merging test.txt
  my test.txt@50c3a7e29886+ other test.txt@40d11a4173a8 ancestor test.txt@96b70246a118
   test.txt: versions differ -> m (merge)
  picked tool ':merge' for test.txt (binary False symlink False changedelete False)
  my test.txt@50c3a7e29886+ other test.txt@40d11a4173a8 ancestor test.txt@96b70246a118
  warning: conflicts while merging test.txt! (edit, then use 'hg resolve --mark')
  0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 1 files unresolved
  use 'hg resolve' to retry unresolved file merges or 'hg merge --abort' to abandon
  [1]

  $ cat test.txt
  one
  <<<<<<< working copy: 50c3a7e29886 - test: Merge 1
  two-point-five
  =======
  two-point-one
  >>>>>>> merge rev:    40d11a4173a8 - test: two -> two-point-one
  three

  $ hg debugindex test.txt
     rev    offset  length  ..... linkrev nodeid       p1           p2 (re)
       0         0       7  .....       0 01365c4cca56 000000000000 000000000000 (re)
       1         7       9  .....       1 7b013192566a 01365c4cca56 000000000000 (re)
       2        16      15  .....       2 8fe46a3eb557 01365c4cca56 000000000000 (re)
       3        31      2.  .....       3 fc3148072371 7b013192566a 8fe46a3eb557 (re)
       4        5.      25  .....       4 d40249267ae3 8fe46a3eb557 000000000000 (re)

  $ hg log
  changeset:   4:40d11a4173a8
  tag:         tip
  parent:      2:96b70246a118
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     two -> two-point-one
  
  changeset:   3:50c3a7e29886
  parent:      1:d1e159716d41
  parent:      2:96b70246a118
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     Merge 1
  
  changeset:   2:96b70246a118
  parent:      0:b1832b9d912a
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     Numbers as words
  
  changeset:   1:d1e159716d41
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     2 -> 2.5
  
  changeset:   0:b1832b9d912a
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     Initial
  

  $ cd ..