view tests/test-update-reverse.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

  $ hg init

  $ touch a
  $ hg add a
  $ hg commit -m "Added a"

  $ touch main
  $ hg add main
  $ hg commit -m "Added main"
  $ hg checkout 0
  0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved

'main' should be gone:

  $ ls
  a

  $ touch side1
  $ hg add side1
  $ hg commit -m "Added side1"
  created new head
  $ touch side2
  $ hg add side2
  $ hg commit -m "Added side2"

  $ hg log
  changeset:   3:91ebc10ed028
  tag:         tip
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     Added side2
  
  changeset:   2:b932d7dbb1e1
  parent:      0:c2eda428b523
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     Added side1
  
  changeset:   1:71a760306caf
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     Added main
  
  changeset:   0:c2eda428b523
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     Added a
  

  $ hg heads
  changeset:   3:91ebc10ed028
  tag:         tip
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     Added side2
  
  changeset:   1:71a760306caf
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  summary:     Added main
  
  $ ls
  a
  side1
  side2

  $ hg update --debug -C 1
  resolving manifests
   branchmerge: False, force: True, partial: False
   ancestor: 91ebc10ed028+, local: 91ebc10ed028+, remote: 71a760306caf
   side1: other deleted -> r
  removing side1
   side2: other deleted -> r
  removing side2
   main: remote created -> g
  getting main
  1 files updated, 0 files merged, 2 files removed, 0 files unresolved

  $ ls
  a
  main