changelog: document the 'readpending' method

I happen to have spent some time understanding this logic, so I'm leaving
documentation for the next poor fellow.

mercurial/changelog.py

@@ -1,379 +1,391
 # changelog.py - changelog class for mercurial
 #
 # Copyright 2005-2007 Matt Mackall <[e-mail]>
 #
 # This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of the
 # GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.
 
 from node import bin, hex, nullid
 from i18n import _
 import util, error, revlog, encoding
 
 _defaultextra = {'branch': 'default'}
 
 def _string_escape(text):
     """
     >>> d = {'nl': chr(10), 'bs': chr(92), 'cr': chr(13), 'nul': chr(0)}
     >>> s = "ab%(nl)scd%(bs)s%(bs)sn%(nul)sab%(cr)scd%(bs)s%(nl)s" % d
     >>> s
     'ab\\ncd\\\\\\\\n\\x00ab\\rcd\\\\\\n'
     >>> res = _string_escape(s)
     >>> s == res.decode('string_escape')
     True
     """
     # subset of the string_escape codec
     text = text.replace('\\', '\\\\').replace('\n', '\\n').replace('\r', '\\r')
     return text.replace('\0', '\\0')
 
 def decodeextra(text):
     """
     >>> sorted(decodeextra(encodeextra({'foo': 'bar', 'baz': chr(0) + '2'})
     ...                    ).iteritems())
     [('baz', '\\x002'), ('branch', 'default'), ('foo', 'bar')]
     >>> sorted(decodeextra(encodeextra({'foo': 'bar',
     ...                                 'baz': chr(92) + chr(0) + '2'})
     ...                    ).iteritems())
     [('baz', '\\\\\\x002'), ('branch', 'default'), ('foo', 'bar')]
     """
     extra = _defaultextra.copy()
     for l in text.split('\0'):
         if l:
             if '\\0' in l:
                 # fix up \0 without getting into trouble with \\0
                 l = l.replace('\\\\', '\\\\\n')
                 l = l.replace('\\0', '\0')
                 l = l.replace('\n', '')
             k, v = l.decode('string_escape').split(':', 1)
             extra[k] = v
     return extra
 
 def encodeextra(d):
     # keys must be sorted to produce a deterministic changelog entry
     items = [_string_escape('%s:%s' % (k, d[k])) for k in sorted(d)]
     return "\0".join(items)
 
 def stripdesc(desc):
     """strip trailing whitespace and leading and trailing empty lines"""
     return '\n'.join([l.rstrip() for l in desc.splitlines()]).strip('\n')
 
 class appender(object):
     '''the changelog index must be updated last on disk, so we use this class
     to delay writes to it'''
     def __init__(self, vfs, name, mode, buf):
         self.data = buf
         fp = vfs(name, mode)
         self.fp = fp
         self.offset = fp.tell()
         self.size = vfs.fstat(fp).st_size
 
     def end(self):
         return self.size + len("".join(self.data))
     def tell(self):
         return self.offset
     def flush(self):
         pass
     def close(self):
         self.fp.close()
 
     def seek(self, offset, whence=0):
         '''virtual file offset spans real file and data'''
         if whence == 0:
             self.offset = offset
         elif whence == 1:
             self.offset += offset
         elif whence == 2:
             self.offset = self.end() + offset
         if self.offset < self.size:
             self.fp.seek(self.offset)
 
     def read(self, count=-1):
         '''only trick here is reads that span real file and data'''
         ret = ""
         if self.offset < self.size:
             s = self.fp.read(count)
             ret = s
             self.offset += len(s)
             if count > 0:
                 count -= len(s)
         if count != 0:
             doff = self.offset - self.size
             self.data.insert(0, "".join(self.data))
             del self.data[1:]
             s = self.data[0][doff:doff + count]
             self.offset += len(s)
             ret += s
         return ret
 
     def write(self, s):
         self.data.append(str(s))
         self.offset += len(s)
 
 def _divertopener(opener, target):
     """build an opener that writes in 'target.a' instead of 'target'"""
     def _divert(name, mode='r'):
         if name != target:
             return opener(name, mode)
         return opener(name + ".a", mode)
     return _divert
 
 def _delayopener(opener, target, buf):
     """build an opener that stores chunks in 'buf' instead of 'target'"""
     def _delay(name, mode='r'):
         if name != target:
             return opener(name, mode)
         return appender(opener, name, mode, buf)
     return _delay
 
 class changelog(revlog.revlog):
     def __init__(self, opener):
         revlog.revlog.__init__(self, opener, "00changelog.i")
         if self._initempty:
             # changelogs don't benefit from generaldelta
             self.version &= ~revlog.REVLOGGENERALDELTA
             self._generaldelta = False
         self._realopener = opener
         self._delayed = False
         self._delaybuf = None
         self._divert = False
         self.filteredrevs = frozenset()
 
     def tip(self):
         """filtered version of revlog.tip"""
         for i in xrange(len(self) -1, -2, -1):
             if i not in self.filteredrevs:
                 return self.node(i)
 
     def __contains__(self, rev):
         """filtered version of revlog.__contains__"""
         return (0 <= rev < len(self)
                 and rev not in self.filteredrevs)
 
     def __iter__(self):
         """filtered version of revlog.__iter__"""
         if len(self.filteredrevs) == 0:
             return revlog.revlog.__iter__(self)
 
         def filterediter():
             for i in xrange(len(self)):
                 if i not in self.filteredrevs:
                     yield i
 
         return filterediter()
 
     def revs(self, start=0, stop=None):
         """filtered version of revlog.revs"""
         for i in super(changelog, self).revs(start, stop):
             if i not in self.filteredrevs:
                 yield i
 
     @util.propertycache
     def nodemap(self):
         # XXX need filtering too
         self.rev(self.node(0))
         return self._nodecache
 
     def headrevs(self):
         if self.filteredrevs:
             try:
                 return self.index.headrevsfiltered(self.filteredrevs)
             # AttributeError covers non-c-extension environments and
             # old c extensions without filter handling.
             except AttributeError:
                 return self._headrevs()
 
         return super(changelog, self).headrevs()
 
     def strip(self, *args, **kwargs):
         # XXX make something better than assert
         # We can't expect proper strip behavior if we are filtered.
         assert not self.filteredrevs
         super(changelog, self).strip(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def rev(self, node):
         """filtered version of revlog.rev"""
         r = super(changelog, self).rev(node)
         if r in self.filteredrevs:
             raise error.FilteredLookupError(hex(node), self.indexfile,
                                             _('filtered node'))
         return r
 
     def node(self, rev):
         """filtered version of revlog.node"""
         if rev in self.filteredrevs:
             raise error.FilteredIndexError(rev)
         return super(changelog, self).node(rev)
 
     def linkrev(self, rev):
         """filtered version of revlog.linkrev"""
         if rev in self.filteredrevs:
             raise error.FilteredIndexError(rev)
         return super(changelog, self).linkrev(rev)
 
     def parentrevs(self, rev):
         """filtered version of revlog.parentrevs"""
         if rev in self.filteredrevs:
             raise error.FilteredIndexError(rev)
         return super(changelog, self).parentrevs(rev)
 
     def flags(self, rev):
         """filtered version of revlog.flags"""
         if rev in self.filteredrevs:
             raise error.FilteredIndexError(rev)
         return super(changelog, self).flags(rev)
 
     def delayupdate(self, tr):
         "delay visibility of index updates to other readers"
 
         if not self._delayed:
             if len(self) == 0:
                 self._divert = True
                 if self._realopener.exists(self.indexfile + '.a'):
                     self._realopener.unlink(self.indexfile + '.a')
                 self.opener = _divertopener(self._realopener, self.indexfile)
             else:
                 self._delaybuf = []
                 self.opener = _delayopener(self._realopener, self.indexfile,
                                            self._delaybuf)
         self._delayed = True
         tr.addpending('cl-%i' % id(self), self._writepending)
         tr.addfinalize('cl-%i' % id(self), self._finalize)
 
     def _finalize(self, tr):
         "finalize index updates"
         self._delayed = False
         self.opener = self._realopener
         # move redirected index data back into place
         if self._divert:
             assert not self._delaybuf
             tmpname = self.indexfile + ".a"
             nfile = self.opener.open(tmpname)
             nfile.close()
             self.opener.rename(tmpname, self.indexfile)
         elif self._delaybuf:
             fp = self.opener(self.indexfile, 'a')
             fp.write("".join(self._delaybuf))
             fp.close()
             self._delaybuf = None
         self._divert = False
         # split when we're done
         self.checkinlinesize(tr)
 
     def readpending(self, file):
+        """read index data from a "pending" file
+
+        During a transaction, the actual changeset data is already stored in the
+        main file, but not yet finalized in the on-disk index. Instead, a
+        "pending" index is written by the transaction logic. If this function
+        is running, we are likely in a subprocess invoked in a hook. The
+        subprocess is informed that it is within a transaction and needs to
+        access its content.
+
+        This function will read all the index data out of the pending file and
+        extend the main index."""
+
         if not self.opener.exists(file):
             return # no pending data for changelog
         r = revlog.revlog(self.opener, file)
         self.index = r.index
         self.nodemap = r.nodemap
         self._nodecache = r._nodecache
         self._chunkcache = r._chunkcache
 
     def _writepending(self, tr):
         "create a file containing the unfinalized state for pretxnchangegroup"
         if self._delaybuf:
             # make a temporary copy of the index
             fp1 = self._realopener(self.indexfile)
             pendingfilename = self.indexfile + ".a"
             # register as a temp file to ensure cleanup on failure
             tr.registertmp(pendingfilename)
             # write existing data
             fp2 = self._realopener(pendingfilename, "w")
             fp2.write(fp1.read())
             # add pending data
             fp2.write("".join(self._delaybuf))
             fp2.close()
             # switch modes so finalize can simply rename
             self._delaybuf = None
             self._divert = True
             self.opener = _divertopener(self._realopener, self.indexfile)
 
         if self._divert:
             return True
 
         return False
 
     def checkinlinesize(self, tr, fp=None):
         if not self._delayed:
             revlog.revlog.checkinlinesize(self, tr, fp)
 
     def read(self, node):
         """
         format used:
         nodeid\n        : manifest node in ascii
         user\n          : user, no \n or \r allowed
         time tz extra\n : date (time is int or float, timezone is int)
                         : extra is metadata, encoded and separated by '\0'
                         : older versions ignore it
         files\n\n       : files modified by the cset, no \n or \r allowed
         (.*)            : comment (free text, ideally utf-8)
 
         changelog v0 doesn't use extra
         """
         text = self.revision(node)
         if not text:
             return (nullid, "", (0, 0), [], "", _defaultextra)
         last = text.index("\n\n")
         desc = encoding.tolocal(text[last + 2:])
         l = text[:last].split('\n')
         manifest = bin(l[0])
         user = encoding.tolocal(l[1])
 
         tdata = l[2].split(' ', 2)
         if len(tdata) != 3:
             time = float(tdata[0])
             try:
                 # various tools did silly things with the time zone field.
                 timezone = int(tdata[1])
             except ValueError:
                 timezone = 0
             extra = _defaultextra
         else:
             time, timezone = float(tdata[0]), int(tdata[1])
             extra = decodeextra(tdata[2])
 
         files = l[3:]
         return (manifest, user, (time, timezone), files, desc, extra)
 
     def add(self, manifest, files, desc, transaction, p1, p2,
                   user, date=None, extra=None):
         # Convert to UTF-8 encoded bytestrings as the very first
         # thing: calling any method on a localstr object will turn it
         # into a str object and the cached UTF-8 string is thus lost.
         user, desc = encoding.fromlocal(user), encoding.fromlocal(desc)
 
         user = user.strip()
         # An empty username or a username with a "\n" will make the
         # revision text contain two "\n\n" sequences -> corrupt
         # repository since read cannot unpack the revision.
         if not user:
             raise error.RevlogError(_("empty username"))
         if "\n" in user:
             raise error.RevlogError(_("username %s contains a newline")
                                     % repr(user))
 
         desc = stripdesc(desc)
 
         if date:
             parseddate = "%d %d" % util.parsedate(date)
         else:
             parseddate = "%d %d" % util.makedate()
         if extra:
             branch = extra.get("branch")
             if branch in ("default", ""):
                 del extra["branch"]
             elif branch in (".", "null", "tip"):
                 raise error.RevlogError(_('the name \'%s\' is reserved')
                                         % branch)
         if extra:
             extra = encodeextra(extra)
             parseddate = "%s %s" % (parseddate, extra)
         l = [hex(manifest), user, parseddate] + sorted(files) + ["", desc]
         text = "\n".join(l)
         return self.addrevision(text, transaction, len(self), p1, p2)
 
     def branchinfo(self, rev):
         """return the branch name and open/close state of a revision
 
         This function exists because creating a changectx object
         just to access this is costly."""
         extra = self.read(rev)[5]
         return encoding.tolocal(extra.get("branch")), 'close' in extra