$ cat >> $HGRCPATH << EOF > [ui] > ssh = "$PYTHON" "$TESTDIR/dummyssh" > [extensions] > fastannotate= > [fastannotate] > mainbranch=@ > EOF setup the server repo $ hg init repo-server $ cd repo-server $ cat >> .hg/hgrc << EOF > [fastannotate] > server=1 > EOF $ for i in 1 2 3 4; do > echo $i >> a > hg commit -A -m $i a > done $ [ -d .hg/fastannotate ] [1] $ hg bookmark @ $ cd .. setup the local repo $ hg clone 'ssh://user@dummy/repo-server' repo-local -q $ cd repo-local $ cat >> .hg/hgrc << EOF > [fastannotate] > client=1 > clientfetchthreshold=0 > EOF $ [ -d .hg/fastannotate ] [1] $ hg fastannotate a --debug running * (glob) sending hello command sending between command remote: * (glob) (?) remote: capabilities: * (glob) remote: * (glob) (?) sending protocaps command fastannotate: requesting 1 files sending getannotate command fastannotate: writing 112 bytes to fastannotate/default/a.l fastannotate: writing 94 bytes to fastannotate/default/a.m fastannotate: a: using fast path (resolved fctx: True) 0: 1 1: 2 2: 3 3: 4 the cache could be reused and no download is necessary $ hg fastannotate a --debug fastannotate: a: using fast path (resolved fctx: True) 0: 1 1: 2 2: 3 3: 4 if the client agrees where the head of the master branch is, no re-download happens even if the client has more commits $ echo 5 >> a $ hg commit -m 5 $ hg bookmark -r 3 @ -f $ hg fastannotate a --debug 0: 1 1: 2 2: 3 3: 4 4: 5 if the client has a different "@" (head of the master branch) and "@" is ahead of the server, the server can detect things are unchanged and does not return full contents (not that there is no "writing ... to fastannotate"), but the client can also build things up on its own (causing diverge) $ hg bookmark -r 4 @ -f $ hg fastannotate a --debug running * (glob) sending hello command sending between command remote: * (glob) (?) remote: capabilities: * (glob) remote: * (glob) (?) sending protocaps command fastannotate: requesting 1 files sending getannotate command fastannotate: a: 1 new changesets in the main branch 0: 1 1: 2 2: 3 3: 4 4: 5 if the client has a different "@" which is behind the server. no download is necessary $ hg fastannotate a --debug --config fastannotate.mainbranch=2 fastannotate: a: using fast path (resolved fctx: True) 0: 1 1: 2 2: 3 3: 4 4: 5 define fastannotate on-disk paths $ p1=.hg/fastannotate/default $ p2=../repo-server/.hg/fastannotate/default revert bookmark change so the client is behind the server $ hg bookmark -r 2 @ -f in the "fctx" mode with the "annotate" command, the client also downloads the cache. but not in the (default) "fastannotate" mode. $ rm $p1/a.l $p1/a.m $ hg annotate a --debug | grep 'fastannotate: writing' [1] $ hg annotate a --config fastannotate.modes=fctx --debug | grep 'fastannotate: writing' | sort fastannotate: writing 112 bytes to fastannotate/default/a.l fastannotate: writing 94 bytes to fastannotate/default/a.m the fastannotate cache (built server-side, downloaded client-side) in two repos have the same content (because the client downloads from the server) $ diff $p1/a.l $p2/a.l $ diff $p1/a.m $p2/a.m in the "fctx" mode, the client could also build the cache locally $ hg annotate a --config fastannotate.modes=fctx --debug --config fastannotate.mainbranch=4 | grep fastannotate fastannotate: requesting 1 files fastannotate: a: 1 new changesets in the main branch the server would rebuild broken cache automatically $ cp $p2/a.m $p2/a.m.bak $ echo BROKEN1 > $p1/a.m $ echo BROKEN2 > $p2/a.m $ hg fastannotate a --debug | grep 'fastannotate: writing' | sort fastannotate: writing 112 bytes to fastannotate/default/a.l fastannotate: writing 94 bytes to fastannotate/default/a.m $ diff $p1/a.m $p2/a.m $ diff $p2/a.m $p2/a.m.bak use the "debugbuildannotatecache" command to build annotate cache $ rm -rf $p1 $p2 $ hg --cwd ../repo-server debugbuildannotatecache a --debug fastannotate: a: 4 new changesets in the main branch $ hg --cwd ../repo-local debugbuildannotatecache a --debug running * (glob) sending hello command sending between command remote: * (glob) (?) remote: capabilities: * (glob) remote: * (glob) (?) sending protocaps command fastannotate: requesting 1 files sending getannotate command fastannotate: writing * (glob) fastannotate: writing * (glob) $ diff $p1/a.l $p2/a.l $ diff $p1/a.m $p2/a.m with the clientfetchthreshold config option, the client can build up the cache without downloading from the server $ rm -rf $p1 $ hg fastannotate a --debug --config fastannotate.clientfetchthreshold=10 fastannotate: a: 3 new changesets in the main branch 0: 1 1: 2 2: 3 3: 4 4: 5 if the fastannotate directory is not writable, the fctx mode still works $ rm -rf $p1 $ touch $p1 $ hg annotate a --debug --traceback --config fastannotate.modes=fctx fastannotate: a: cache broken and deleted fastannotate: prefetch failed: * (glob) fastannotate: a: cache broken and deleted fastannotate: falling back to the vanilla annotate: * (glob) 0: 1 1: 2 2: 3 3: 4 4: 5 with serverbuildondemand=False, the server will not build anything $ cat >> ../repo-server/.hg/hgrc < [fastannotate] > serverbuildondemand=False > EOF $ rm -rf $p1 $p2 $ hg fastannotate a --debug | grep 'fastannotate: writing' [1]