changeset 13966:a1c31c64bcd3

hgweb: support disabling page cache By default, hgweb_mod supports caching via the ETag header. This can cause some confusion with browsers which cache aggressively. This change preserves existing behavior while giving the administrator a knob to disable the ETag header.
author Steven Stallion <sstallion@gmail.com>
date Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:01:50 -0400
parents ac1c75a7c6b5
children f85c9b0fdb32
files doc/hgrc.5.txt mercurial/hgweb/hgweb_mod.py
diffstat 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/doc/hgrc.5.txt	Wed Apr 20 12:44:32 2011 -0500
+++ b/doc/hgrc.5.txt	Wed Apr 20 00:01:50 2011 -0400
@@ -1052,6 +1052,8 @@
 
     To disable SSL verification temporarily, specify ``--insecure`` from
     command line.
+``cache``
+    Whether to support caching in hgweb. Defaults to True.
 ``contact``
     Name or email address of the person in charge of the repository.
     Defaults to ui.username or ``$EMAIL`` or "unknown" if unset or empty.
--- a/mercurial/hgweb/hgweb_mod.py	Wed Apr 20 12:44:32 2011 -0500
+++ b/mercurial/hgweb/hgweb_mod.py	Wed Apr 20 00:01:50 2011 -0400
@@ -188,7 +188,8 @@
                 req.form['cmd'] = [tmpl.cache['default']]
                 cmd = req.form['cmd'][0]
 
-            caching(self, req) # sets ETag header or raises NOT_MODIFIED
+            if self.configbool('web', 'cache', True):
+                caching(self, req) # sets ETag header or raises NOT_MODIFIED
             if cmd not in webcommands.__all__:
                 msg = 'no such method: %s' % cmd
                 raise ErrorResponse(HTTP_BAD_REQUEST, msg)