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wireproto: define and implement HTTP handshake to upgrade protocol When clients connect to repositories over HTTP, they issue a request to the well-known URL "?cmd=capabilities" to fetch the repository capabilities. This is the handshake portion of the HTTP protocol. This commit defines a mechanism to use that HTTP request to return information about modern server features. If a client sends an X-HgUpgrade-* header containing a list of client-supported API names, the server responds with a response containing information about available services. This includes the normal capabilities string. So if the server doesn't support any newer services, the client can easily fall back. By advertising supported services from clients, server operators can see and log what client support exists in the wild. This will also help with debugging. The response contains the base path to API services. We know there are potential issues with the <repo>/api/ URL space conflicting with hgwebdir and subrepos. By making the API URL dynamic from the perspective of the client, the URL for APIs is not subject to backwards compatibility concerns - at least as long as a ?cmd=capabilities request is made. We've also defined the ``cbor`` client capability for the X-HgProto-* header. This MUST be sent in order to get the modern response from "?cmd=capabilities". During implementation, I initially always sent an application/mercurial-cbor response. However, the handshake mechanism will be more future compatible if the client is in charge of which formats to request. We already perform content negotiation from X-HgProto-*, so keying off this for the capabilities response feels appropriate. In addition, I initially used application/cbor. However, it is conceivable that a non-Mercurial server could serve application/cbor. To rule out this possibility, I've invented a new media type that is Mercurial specific and can't be confused for generic CBOR. Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D3242
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Mercurial

Mercurial is a fast, easy to use, distributed revision control tool for software developers.

Basic install:

$ make            # see install targets
$ make install    # do a system-wide install
$ hg debuginstall # sanity-check setup
$ hg              # see help

Running without installing:

$ make local      # build for inplace usage
$ ./hg --version  # should show the latest version

See https://mercurial-scm.org/ for detailed installation instructions, platform-specific notes, and Mercurial user information.