rhg: signal when falling back in logs

We use the `trace` level for the actual message because it can get really busy.

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D11814

rust/rhg/src/main.rs

@@ -1,706 +1,708
 extern crate log;
 use crate::error::CommandError;
-use crate::ui::Ui;
+use crate::ui::{local_to_utf8, Ui};
 use clap::App;
 use clap::AppSettings;
 use clap::Arg;
 use clap::ArgMatches;
 use format_bytes::{format_bytes, join};
 use hg::config::{Config, ConfigSource};
 use hg::exit_codes;
 use hg::repo::{Repo, RepoError};
 use hg::utils::files::{get_bytes_from_os_str, get_path_from_bytes};
 use hg::utils::SliceExt;
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::process::Command;
 
 mod blackbox;
 mod color;
 mod error;
 mod ui;
 pub mod utils {
     pub mod path_utils;
 }
 
 fn main_with_result(
     process_start_time: &blackbox::ProcessStartTime,
     ui: &ui::Ui,
     repo: Result<&Repo, &NoRepoInCwdError>,
     config: &Config,
 ) -> Result<(), CommandError> {
     check_unsupported(config, repo)?;
 
     let app = App::new("rhg")
         .global_setting(AppSettings::AllowInvalidUtf8)
         .global_setting(AppSettings::DisableVersion)
         .setting(AppSettings::SubcommandRequired)
         .setting(AppSettings::VersionlessSubcommands)
         .arg(
             Arg::with_name("repository")
                 .help("repository root directory")
                 .short("-R")
                 .long("--repository")
                 .value_name("REPO")
                 .takes_value(true)
                 // Both ok: `hg -R ./foo log` or `hg log -R ./foo`
                 .global(true),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::with_name("config")
                 .help("set/override config option (use 'section.name=value')")
                 .long("--config")
                 .value_name("CONFIG")
                 .takes_value(true)
                 .global(true)
                 // Ok: `--config section.key1=val --config section.key2=val2`
                 .multiple(true)
                 // Not ok: `--config section.key1=val section.key2=val2`
                 .number_of_values(1),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::with_name("cwd")
                 .help("change working directory")
                 .long("--cwd")
                 .value_name("DIR")
                 .takes_value(true)
                 .global(true),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::with_name("color")
                 .help("when to colorize (boolean, always, auto, never, or debug)")
                 .long("--color")
                 .value_name("TYPE")
                 .takes_value(true)
                 .global(true),
         )
         .version("0.0.1");
     let app = add_subcommand_args(app);
 
     let matches = app.clone().get_matches_safe()?;
 
     let (subcommand_name, subcommand_matches) = matches.subcommand();
 
     // Mercurial allows users to define "defaults" for commands, fallback
     // if a default is detected for the current command
     let defaults = config.get_str(b"defaults", subcommand_name.as_bytes());
     if defaults?.is_some() {
         let msg = "`defaults` config set";
         return Err(CommandError::unsupported(msg));
     }
 
     for prefix in ["pre", "post", "fail"].iter() {
         // Mercurial allows users to define generic hooks for commands,
         // fallback if any are detected
         let item = format!("{}-{}", prefix, subcommand_name);
         let hook_for_command = config.get_str(b"hooks", item.as_bytes())?;
         if hook_for_command.is_some() {
             let msg = format!("{}-{} hook defined", prefix, subcommand_name);
             return Err(CommandError::unsupported(msg));
         }
     }
     let run = subcommand_run_fn(subcommand_name)
         .expect("unknown subcommand name from clap despite AppSettings::SubcommandRequired");
     let subcommand_args = subcommand_matches
         .expect("no subcommand arguments from clap despite AppSettings::SubcommandRequired");
 
     let invocation = CliInvocation {
         ui,
         subcommand_args,
         config,
         repo,
     };
 
     if let Ok(repo) = repo {
         // We don't support subrepos, fallback if the subrepos file is present
         if repo.working_directory_vfs().join(".hgsub").exists() {
             let msg = "subrepos (.hgsub is present)";
             return Err(CommandError::unsupported(msg));
         }
     }
 
     if config.is_extension_enabled(b"blackbox") {
         let blackbox =
             blackbox::Blackbox::new(&invocation, process_start_time)?;
         blackbox.log_command_start();
         let result = run(&invocation);
         blackbox.log_command_end(exit_code(
             &result,
             // TODO: show a warning or combine with original error if
             // `get_bool` returns an error
             config
                 .get_bool(b"ui", b"detailed-exit-code")
                 .unwrap_or(false),
         ));
         result
     } else {
         run(&invocation)
     }
 }
 
 fn main() {
     // Run this first, before we find out if the blackbox extension is even
     // enabled, in order to include everything in-between in the duration
     // measurements. Reading config files can be slow if they’re on NFS.
     let process_start_time = blackbox::ProcessStartTime::now();
 
     env_logger::init();
 
     let early_args = EarlyArgs::parse(std::env::args_os());
 
     let initial_current_dir = early_args.cwd.map(|cwd| {
         let cwd = get_path_from_bytes(&cwd);
         std::env::current_dir()
             .and_then(|initial| {
                 std::env::set_current_dir(cwd)?;
                 Ok(initial)
             })
             .unwrap_or_else(|error| {
                 exit(
                     &None,
                     &Ui::new_infallible(&Config::empty()),
                     OnUnsupported::Abort,
                     Err(CommandError::abort(format!(
                         "abort: {}: '{}'",
                         error,
                         cwd.display()
                     ))),
                     false,
                 )
             })
     });
 
     let mut non_repo_config =
         Config::load_non_repo().unwrap_or_else(|error| {
             // Normally this is decided based on config, but we don’t have that
             // available. As of this writing config loading never returns an
             // "unsupported" error but that is not enforced by the type system.
             let on_unsupported = OnUnsupported::Abort;
 
             exit(
                 &initial_current_dir,
                 &Ui::new_infallible(&Config::empty()),
                 on_unsupported,
                 Err(error.into()),
                 false,
             )
         });
 
     non_repo_config
         .load_cli_args(early_args.config, early_args.color)
         .unwrap_or_else(|error| {
             exit(
                 &initial_current_dir,
                 &Ui::new_infallible(&non_repo_config),
                 OnUnsupported::from_config(&non_repo_config),
                 Err(error.into()),
                 non_repo_config
                     .get_bool(b"ui", b"detailed-exit-code")
                     .unwrap_or(false),
             )
         });
 
     if let Some(repo_path_bytes) = &early_args.repo {
         lazy_static::lazy_static! {
             static ref SCHEME_RE: regex::bytes::Regex =
                 // Same as `_matchscheme` in `mercurial/util.py`
                 regex::bytes::Regex::new("^[a-zA-Z0-9+.\\-]+:").unwrap();
         }
         if SCHEME_RE.is_match(&repo_path_bytes) {
             exit(
                 &initial_current_dir,
                 &Ui::new_infallible(&non_repo_config),
                 OnUnsupported::from_config(&non_repo_config),
                 Err(CommandError::UnsupportedFeature {
                     message: format_bytes!(
                         b"URL-like --repository {}",
                         repo_path_bytes
                     ),
                 }),
                 // TODO: show a warning or combine with original error if
                 // `get_bool` returns an error
                 non_repo_config
                     .get_bool(b"ui", b"detailed-exit-code")
                     .unwrap_or(false),
             )
         }
     }
     let repo_arg = early_args.repo.unwrap_or(Vec::new());
     let repo_path: Option<PathBuf> = {
         if repo_arg.is_empty() {
             None
         } else {
             let local_config = {
                 if std::env::var_os("HGRCSKIPREPO").is_none() {
                     // TODO: handle errors from find_repo_root
                     if let Ok(current_dir_path) = Repo::find_repo_root() {
                         let config_files = vec![
                             ConfigSource::AbsPath(
                                 current_dir_path.join(".hg/hgrc"),
                             ),
                             ConfigSource::AbsPath(
                                 current_dir_path.join(".hg/hgrc-not-shared"),
                             ),
                         ];
                         // TODO: handle errors from
                         // `load_from_explicit_sources`
                         Config::load_from_explicit_sources(config_files).ok()
                     } else {
                         None
                     }
                 } else {
                     None
                 }
             };
 
             let non_repo_config_val = {
                 let non_repo_val = non_repo_config.get(b"paths", &repo_arg);
                 match &non_repo_val {
                     Some(val) if val.len() > 0 => home::home_dir()
                         .unwrap_or_else(|| PathBuf::from("~"))
                         .join(get_path_from_bytes(val))
                         .canonicalize()
                         // TODO: handle error and make it similar to python
                         // implementation maybe?
                         .ok(),
                     _ => None,
                 }
             };
 
             let config_val = match &local_config {
                 None => non_repo_config_val,
                 Some(val) => {
                     let local_config_val = val.get(b"paths", &repo_arg);
                     match &local_config_val {
                         Some(val) if val.len() > 0 => {
                             // presence of a local_config assures that
                             // current_dir
                             // wont result in an Error
                             let canpath = hg::utils::current_dir()
                                 .unwrap()
                                 .join(get_path_from_bytes(val))
                                 .canonicalize();
                             canpath.ok().or(non_repo_config_val)
                         }
                         _ => non_repo_config_val,
                     }
                 }
             };
             config_val.or(Some(get_path_from_bytes(&repo_arg).to_path_buf()))
         }
     };
 
     let repo_result = match Repo::find(&non_repo_config, repo_path.to_owned())
     {
         Ok(repo) => Ok(repo),
         Err(RepoError::NotFound { at }) if repo_path.is_none() => {
             // Not finding a repo is not fatal yet, if `-R` was not given
             Err(NoRepoInCwdError { cwd: at })
         }
         Err(error) => exit(
             &initial_current_dir,
             &Ui::new_infallible(&non_repo_config),
             OnUnsupported::from_config(&non_repo_config),
             Err(error.into()),
             // TODO: show a warning or combine with original error if
             // `get_bool` returns an error
             non_repo_config
                 .get_bool(b"ui", b"detailed-exit-code")
                 .unwrap_or(false),
         ),
     };
 
     let config = if let Ok(repo) = &repo_result {
         repo.config()
     } else {
         &non_repo_config
     };
     let ui = Ui::new(&config).unwrap_or_else(|error| {
         exit(
             &initial_current_dir,
             &Ui::new_infallible(&config),
             OnUnsupported::from_config(&config),
             Err(error.into()),
             config
                 .get_bool(b"ui", b"detailed-exit-code")
                 .unwrap_or(false),
         )
     });
     let on_unsupported = OnUnsupported::from_config(config);
 
     let result = main_with_result(
         &process_start_time,
         &ui,
         repo_result.as_ref(),
         config,
     );
     exit(
         &initial_current_dir,
         &ui,
         on_unsupported,
         result,
         // TODO: show a warning or combine with original error if `get_bool`
         // returns an error
         config
             .get_bool(b"ui", b"detailed-exit-code")
             .unwrap_or(false),
     )
 }
 
 fn exit_code(
     result: &Result<(), CommandError>,
     use_detailed_exit_code: bool,
 ) -> i32 {
     match result {
         Ok(()) => exit_codes::OK,
         Err(CommandError::Abort {
             message: _,
             detailed_exit_code,
         }) => {
             if use_detailed_exit_code {
                 *detailed_exit_code
             } else {
                 exit_codes::ABORT
             }
         }
         Err(CommandError::Unsuccessful) => exit_codes::UNSUCCESSFUL,
 
         // Exit with a specific code and no error message to let a potential
         // wrapper script fallback to Python-based Mercurial.
         Err(CommandError::UnsupportedFeature { .. }) => {
             exit_codes::UNIMPLEMENTED
         }
     }
 }
 
 fn exit(
     initial_current_dir: &Option<PathBuf>,
     ui: &Ui,
     mut on_unsupported: OnUnsupported,
     result: Result<(), CommandError>,
     use_detailed_exit_code: bool,
 ) -> ! {
     if let (
         OnUnsupported::Fallback { executable },
-        Err(CommandError::UnsupportedFeature { .. }),
+        Err(CommandError::UnsupportedFeature { message }),
     ) = (&on_unsupported, &result)
     {
         let mut args = std::env::args_os();
         let executable = match executable {
             None => {
                 exit_no_fallback(
                     ui,
                     OnUnsupported::Abort,
                     Err(CommandError::abort(
                         "abort: 'rhg.on-unsupported=fallback' without \
                                 'rhg.fallback-executable' set.",
                     )),
                     false,
                 );
             }
             Some(executable) => executable,
         };
         let executable_path = get_path_from_bytes(&executable);
         let this_executable = args.next().expect("exepcted argv[0] to exist");
         if executable_path == &PathBuf::from(this_executable) {
             // Avoid spawning infinitely many processes until resource
             // exhaustion.
             let _ = ui.write_stderr(&format_bytes!(
                 b"Blocking recursive fallback. The 'rhg.fallback-executable = {}' config \
                 points to `rhg` itself.\n",
                 executable
             ));
             on_unsupported = OnUnsupported::Abort
         } else {
+            log::debug!("falling back (see trace-level log)");
+            log::trace!("{}", local_to_utf8(message));
             // `args` is now `argv[1..]` since we’ve already consumed
             // `argv[0]`
             let mut command = Command::new(executable_path);
             command.args(args);
             if let Some(initial) = initial_current_dir {
                 command.current_dir(initial);
             }
             let result = command.status();
             match result {
                 Ok(status) => std::process::exit(
                     status.code().unwrap_or(exit_codes::ABORT),
                 ),
                 Err(error) => {
                     let _ = ui.write_stderr(&format_bytes!(
                         b"tried to fall back to a '{}' sub-process but got error {}\n",
                         executable, format_bytes::Utf8(error)
                     ));
                     on_unsupported = OnUnsupported::Abort
                 }
             }
         }
     }
     exit_no_fallback(ui, on_unsupported, result, use_detailed_exit_code)
 }
 
 fn exit_no_fallback(
     ui: &Ui,
     on_unsupported: OnUnsupported,
     result: Result<(), CommandError>,
     use_detailed_exit_code: bool,
 ) -> ! {
     match &result {
         Ok(_) => {}
         Err(CommandError::Unsuccessful) => {}
         Err(CommandError::Abort {
             message,
             detailed_exit_code: _,
         }) => {
             if !message.is_empty() {
                 // Ignore errors when writing to stderr, we’re already exiting
                 // with failure code so there’s not much more we can do.
                 let _ = ui.write_stderr(&format_bytes!(b"{}\n", message));
             }
         }
         Err(CommandError::UnsupportedFeature { message }) => {
             match on_unsupported {
                 OnUnsupported::Abort => {
                     let _ = ui.write_stderr(&format_bytes!(
                         b"unsupported feature: {}\n",
                         message
                     ));
                 }
                 OnUnsupported::AbortSilent => {}
                 OnUnsupported::Fallback { .. } => unreachable!(),
             }
         }
     }
     std::process::exit(exit_code(&result, use_detailed_exit_code))
 }
 
 macro_rules! subcommands {
     ($( $command: ident )+) => {
         mod commands {
             $(
                 pub mod $command;
             )+
         }
 
         fn add_subcommand_args<'a, 'b>(app: App<'a, 'b>) -> App<'a, 'b> {
             app
             $(
                 .subcommand(commands::$command::args())
             )+
         }
 
         pub type RunFn = fn(&CliInvocation) -> Result<(), CommandError>;
 
         fn subcommand_run_fn(name: &str) -> Option<RunFn> {
             match name {
                 $(
                     stringify!($command) => Some(commands::$command::run),
                 )+
                 _ => None,
             }
         }
     };
 }
 
 subcommands! {
     cat
     debugdata
     debugrequirements
     debugignorerhg
     files
     root
     config
     status
 }
 
 pub struct CliInvocation<'a> {
     ui: &'a Ui,
     subcommand_args: &'a ArgMatches<'a>,
     config: &'a Config,
     /// References inside `Result` is a bit peculiar but allow
     /// `invocation.repo?` to work out with `&CliInvocation` since this
     /// `Result` type is `Copy`.
     repo: Result<&'a Repo, &'a NoRepoInCwdError>,
 }
 
 struct NoRepoInCwdError {
     cwd: PathBuf,
 }
 
 /// CLI arguments to be parsed "early" in order to be able to read
 /// configuration before using Clap. Ideally we would also use Clap for this,
 /// see <https://github.com/clap-rs/clap/discussions/2366>.
 ///
 /// These arguments are still declared when we do use Clap later, so that Clap
 /// does not return an error for their presence.
 struct EarlyArgs {
     /// Values of all `--config` arguments. (Possibly none)
     config: Vec<Vec<u8>>,
     /// Value of all the `--color` argument, if any.
     color: Option<Vec<u8>>,
     /// Value of the `-R` or `--repository` argument, if any.
     repo: Option<Vec<u8>>,
     /// Value of the `--cwd` argument, if any.
     cwd: Option<Vec<u8>>,
 }
 
 impl EarlyArgs {
     fn parse(args: impl IntoIterator<Item = OsString>) -> Self {
         let mut args = args.into_iter().map(get_bytes_from_os_str);
         let mut config = Vec::new();
         let mut color = None;
         let mut repo = None;
         let mut cwd = None;
         // Use `while let` instead of `for` so that we can also call
         // `args.next()` inside the loop.
         while let Some(arg) = args.next() {
             if arg == b"--config" {
                 if let Some(value) = args.next() {
                     config.push(value)
                 }
             } else if let Some(value) = arg.drop_prefix(b"--config=") {
                 config.push(value.to_owned())
             }
 
             if arg == b"--color" {
                 if let Some(value) = args.next() {
                     color = Some(value)
                 }
             } else if let Some(value) = arg.drop_prefix(b"--color=") {
                 color = Some(value.to_owned())
             }
 
             if arg == b"--cwd" {
                 if let Some(value) = args.next() {
                     cwd = Some(value)
                 }
             } else if let Some(value) = arg.drop_prefix(b"--cwd=") {
                 cwd = Some(value.to_owned())
             }
 
             if arg == b"--repository" || arg == b"-R" {
                 if let Some(value) = args.next() {
                     repo = Some(value)
                 }
             } else if let Some(value) = arg.drop_prefix(b"--repository=") {
                 repo = Some(value.to_owned())
             } else if let Some(value) = arg.drop_prefix(b"-R") {
                 repo = Some(value.to_owned())
             }
         }
         Self {
             config,
             color,
             repo,
             cwd,
         }
     }
 }
 
 /// What to do when encountering some unsupported feature.
 ///
 /// See `HgError::UnsupportedFeature` and `CommandError::UnsupportedFeature`.
 enum OnUnsupported {
     /// Print an error message describing what feature is not supported,
     /// and exit with code 252.
     Abort,
     /// Silently exit with code 252.
     AbortSilent,
     /// Try running a Python implementation
     Fallback { executable: Option<Vec<u8>> },
 }
 
 impl OnUnsupported {
     const DEFAULT: Self = OnUnsupported::Abort;
 
     fn from_config(config: &Config) -> Self {
         match config
             .get(b"rhg", b"on-unsupported")
             .map(|value| value.to_ascii_lowercase())
             .as_deref()
         {
             Some(b"abort") => OnUnsupported::Abort,
             Some(b"abort-silent") => OnUnsupported::AbortSilent,
             Some(b"fallback") => OnUnsupported::Fallback {
                 executable: config
                     .get(b"rhg", b"fallback-executable")
                     .map(|x| x.to_owned()),
             },
             None => Self::DEFAULT,
             Some(_) => {
                 // TODO: warn about unknown config value
                 Self::DEFAULT
             }
         }
     }
 }
 
 /// The `*` extension is an edge-case for config sub-options that apply to all
 /// extensions. For now, only `:required` exists, but that may change in the
 /// future.
 const SUPPORTED_EXTENSIONS: &[&[u8]] =
     &[b"blackbox", b"share", b"sparse", b"narrow", b"*"];
 
 fn check_extensions(config: &Config) -> Result<(), CommandError> {
     let enabled: HashSet<&[u8]> = config
         .get_section_keys(b"extensions")
         .into_iter()
         .map(|extension| {
             // Ignore extension suboptions. Only `required` exists for now.
             // `rhg` either supports an extension or doesn't, so it doesn't
             // make sense to consider the loading of an extension.
             extension.split_2(b':').unwrap_or((extension, b"")).0
         })
         .collect();
 
     let mut unsupported = enabled;
     for supported in SUPPORTED_EXTENSIONS {
         unsupported.remove(supported);
     }
 
     if let Some(ignored_list) = config.get_list(b"rhg", b"ignored-extensions")
     {
         for ignored in ignored_list {
             unsupported.remove(ignored.as_slice());
         }
     }
 
     if unsupported.is_empty() {
         Ok(())
     } else {
         Err(CommandError::UnsupportedFeature {
             message: format_bytes!(
                 b"extensions: {} (consider adding them to 'rhg.ignored-extensions' config)",
                 join(unsupported, b", ")
             ),
         })
     }
 }
 
 fn check_unsupported(
     config: &Config,
     repo: Result<&Repo, &NoRepoInCwdError>,
 ) -> Result<(), CommandError> {
     check_extensions(config)?;
 
     if std::env::var_os("HG_PENDING").is_some() {
         // TODO: only if the value is `== repo.working_directory`?
         // What about relative v.s. absolute paths?
         Err(CommandError::unsupported("$HG_PENDING"))?
     }
 
     if let Ok(repo) = repo {
         if repo.has_subrepos()? {
             Err(CommandError::unsupported("sub-repositories"))?
         }
     }
 
     if config.has_non_empty_section(b"encode") {
         Err(CommandError::unsupported("[encode] config"))?
     }
 
     if config.has_non_empty_section(b"decode") {
         Err(CommandError::unsupported("[decode] config"))?
     }
 
     Ok(())
 }

rust/rhg/src/ui.rs

@@ -1,240 +1,246
 use crate::color::ColorConfig;
 use crate::color::Effect;
 use format_bytes::format_bytes;
 use format_bytes::write_bytes;
 use hg::config::Config;
 use hg::errors::HgError;
 use hg::utils::files::get_bytes_from_os_string;
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::env;
 use std::io;
 use std::io::{ErrorKind, Write};
 
 pub struct Ui {
     stdout: std::io::Stdout,
     stderr: std::io::Stderr,
     colors: Option<ColorConfig>,
 }
 
 /// The kind of user interface error
 pub enum UiError {
     /// The standard output stream cannot be written to
     StdoutError(io::Error),
     /// The standard error stream cannot be written to
     StderrError(io::Error),
 }
 
 /// The commandline user interface
 impl Ui {
     pub fn new(config: &Config) -> Result<Self, HgError> {
         Ok(Ui {
             // If using something else, also adapt `isatty()` below.
             stdout: std::io::stdout(),
 
             stderr: std::io::stderr(),
             colors: ColorConfig::new(config)?,
         })
     }
 
     /// Default to no color if color configuration errors.
     ///
     /// Useful when we’re already handling another error.
     pub fn new_infallible(config: &Config) -> Self {
         Ui {
             // If using something else, also adapt `isatty()` below.
             stdout: std::io::stdout(),
 
             stderr: std::io::stderr(),
             colors: ColorConfig::new(config).unwrap_or(None),
         }
     }
 
     /// Returns a buffered handle on stdout for faster batch printing
     /// operations.
     pub fn stdout_buffer(&self) -> StdoutBuffer<std::io::StdoutLock> {
         StdoutBuffer::new(self.stdout.lock())
     }
 
     /// Write bytes to stdout
     pub fn write_stdout(&self, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(), UiError> {
         let mut stdout = self.stdout.lock();
 
         stdout.write_all(bytes).or_else(handle_stdout_error)?;
 
         stdout.flush().or_else(handle_stdout_error)
     }
 
     /// Write bytes to stderr
     pub fn write_stderr(&self, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(), UiError> {
         let mut stderr = self.stderr.lock();
 
         stderr.write_all(bytes).or_else(handle_stderr_error)?;
 
         stderr.flush().or_else(handle_stderr_error)
     }
 
     /// Write bytes to stdout with the given label
     ///
     /// Like the optional `label` parameter in `mercurial/ui.py`,
     /// this label influences the color used for this output.
     pub fn write_stdout_labelled(
         &self,
         bytes: &[u8],
         label: &str,
     ) -> Result<(), UiError> {
         if let Some(colors) = &self.colors {
             if let Some(effects) = colors.styles.get(label.as_bytes()) {
                 if !effects.is_empty() {
                     return self
                         .write_stdout_with_effects(bytes, effects)
                         .or_else(handle_stdout_error);
                 }
             }
         }
         self.write_stdout(bytes)
     }
 
     fn write_stdout_with_effects(
         &self,
         bytes: &[u8],
         effects: &[Effect],
     ) -> io::Result<()> {
         let stdout = &mut self.stdout.lock();
         let mut write_line = |line: &[u8], first: bool| {
             // `line` does not include the newline delimiter
             if !first {
                 stdout.write_all(b"\n")?;
             }
             if line.is_empty() {
                 return Ok(());
             }
             /// 0x1B == 27 == 0o33
             const ASCII_ESCAPE: &[u8] = b"\x1b";
             write_bytes!(stdout, b"{}[0", ASCII_ESCAPE)?;
             for effect in effects {
                 write_bytes!(stdout, b";{}", effect)?;
             }
             write_bytes!(stdout, b"m")?;
             stdout.write_all(line)?;
             write_bytes!(stdout, b"{}[0m", ASCII_ESCAPE)
         };
         let mut lines = bytes.split(|&byte| byte == b'\n');
         if let Some(first) = lines.next() {
             write_line(first, true)?;
             for line in lines {
                 write_line(line, false)?
             }
         }
         stdout.flush()
     }
 
     /// Return whether plain mode is active.
     ///
     /// Plain mode means that all configuration variables which affect
     /// the behavior and output of Mercurial should be
     /// ignored. Additionally, the output should be stable,
     /// reproducible and suitable for use in scripts or applications.
     ///
     /// The only way to trigger plain mode is by setting either the
     /// `HGPLAIN' or `HGPLAINEXCEPT' environment variables.
     ///
     /// The return value can either be
     /// - False if HGPLAIN is not set, or feature is in HGPLAINEXCEPT
     /// - False if feature is disabled by default and not included in HGPLAIN
     /// - True otherwise
     pub fn plain(&self, feature: Option<&str>) -> bool {
         plain(feature)
     }
 }
 
 pub fn plain(opt_feature: Option<&str>) -> bool {
     if let Some(except) = env::var_os("HGPLAINEXCEPT") {
         opt_feature.map_or(true, |feature| {
             get_bytes_from_os_string(except)
                 .split(|&byte| byte == b',')
                 .all(|exception| exception != feature.as_bytes())
         })
     } else {
         env::var_os("HGPLAIN").is_some()
     }
 }
 
 /// A buffered stdout writer for faster batch printing operations.
 pub struct StdoutBuffer<W: Write> {
     buf: io::BufWriter<W>,
 }
 
 impl<W: Write> StdoutBuffer<W> {
     pub fn new(writer: W) -> Self {
         let buf = io::BufWriter::new(writer);
         Self { buf }
     }
 
     /// Write bytes to stdout buffer
     pub fn write_all(&mut self, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(), UiError> {
         self.buf.write_all(bytes).or_else(handle_stdout_error)
     }
 
     /// Flush bytes to stdout
     pub fn flush(&mut self) -> Result<(), UiError> {
         self.buf.flush().or_else(handle_stdout_error)
     }
 }
 
 /// Sometimes writing to stdout is not possible, try writing to stderr to
 /// signal that failure, otherwise just bail.
 fn handle_stdout_error(error: io::Error) -> Result<(), UiError> {
     if let ErrorKind::BrokenPipe = error.kind() {
         // This makes `| head` work for example
         return Ok(());
     }
     let mut stderr = io::stderr();
 
     stderr
         .write_all(&format_bytes!(
             b"abort: {}\n",
             error.to_string().as_bytes()
         ))
         .map_err(UiError::StderrError)?;
 
     stderr.flush().map_err(UiError::StderrError)?;
 
     Err(UiError::StdoutError(error))
 }
 
 /// Sometimes writing to stderr is not possible.
 fn handle_stderr_error(error: io::Error) -> Result<(), UiError> {
     // A broken pipe should not result in a error
     // like with `| head` for example
     if let ErrorKind::BrokenPipe = error.kind() {
         return Ok(());
     }
     Err(UiError::StdoutError(error))
 }
 
 /// Encode rust strings according to the user system.
 pub fn utf8_to_local(s: &str) -> Cow<[u8]> {
     // TODO encode for the user's system //
     let bytes = s.as_bytes();
     Cow::Borrowed(bytes)
 }
 
+/// Decode user system bytes to Rust string.
+pub fn local_to_utf8(s: &[u8]) -> Cow<str> {
+    // TODO decode from the user's system
+    String::from_utf8_lossy(s)
+}
+
 /// Should formatted output be used?
 ///
 /// Note: rhg does not have the formatter mechanism yet,
 /// but this is also used when deciding whether to use color.
 pub fn formatted(config: &Config) -> Result<bool, HgError> {
     if let Some(formatted) = config.get_option(b"ui", b"formatted")? {
         Ok(formatted)
     } else {
         isatty(config)
     }
 }
 
 fn isatty(config: &Config) -> Result<bool, HgError> {
     Ok(if config.get_bool(b"ui", b"nontty")? {
         false
     } else {
         atty::is(atty::Stream::Stdout)
     })
 }