--- a/doc/hgrc.5.txt
+++ b/doc/hgrc.5.txt
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ paths::
   Assigns symbolic names to repositories.  The left side is the
   symbolic name, and the right gives the directory or URL that is the
   location of the repository.  Default paths can be declared by
- setting the following entries.
+  setting the following entries.
   default;;
     Directory or URL to use when pulling if no source is specified.
     Default is set to repository from which the current repository
@@ -326,6 +326,18 @@ paths::
     Optional.  Directory or URL to use when pushing if no destination
     is specified.
 
+server::
+  Controls generic server settings.
+  uncompressed;;
+    Whether to allow clients to clone a repo using the uncompressed
+    streaming protocol.  This transfers about 40% more data than a
+    regular clone, but uses less memory and CPU on both server and
+    client.  Over a LAN (100Mbps or better) or a very fast WAN, an
+    uncompressed streaming clone is a lot faster (~10x) than a regular
+    clone.  Over most WAN connections (anything slower than about
+    6Mbps), uncompressed streaming is slower, because of the extra
+    data transfer overhead.  Default is False.
+
 ui::
   User interface controls.
   debug;;

--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -128,13 +128,17 @@ def walkchangerevs(ui, repo, pats, opts)
     if not slowpath:
         # Only files, no patterns.  Check the history of each file.
         def filerevgen(filelog):
+            cl_count = repo.changelog.count()
             for i, window in increasing_windows(filelog.count()-1, -1):
                 revs = []
                 for j in xrange(i - window, i + 1):
                     revs.append(filelog.linkrev(filelog.node(j)))
                 revs.reverse()
                 for rev in revs:
-                    yield rev
+                    # only yield rev for which we have the changelog, it can
+                    # happen while doing "hg log" during a pull or commit
+                    if rev < cl_count:
+                        yield rev
 
         minrev, maxrev = min(revs), max(revs)
         for file_ in files:
@@ -970,7 +974,7 @@ def clone(ui, source, dest=None, **opts)
     ui.setconfig_remoteopts(**opts)
     hg.clone(ui, ui.expandpath(source), dest,
              pull=opts['pull'],
-             stream=opts['stream'],
+             stream=opts['uncompressed'],
              rev=opts['rev'],
              update=not opts['noupdate'])
 
@@ -2863,7 +2867,8 @@ table = {
           ('r', 'rev', [],
            _('a changeset you would like to have after cloning')),
           ('', 'pull', None, _('use pull protocol to copy metadata')),
-          ('', 'stream', None, _('use streaming protocol (fast over LAN)')),
+          ('', 'uncompressed', None,
+           _('use uncompressed transfer (fast over LAN)')),
           ('e', 'ssh', '', _('specify ssh command to use')),
           ('', 'remotecmd', '',
            _('specify hg command to run on the remote side'))],
@@ -3322,7 +3327,7 @@ def dispatch(args):
         except (util.SignalInterrupt, KeyboardInterrupt):
             raise
         except Exception, inst:
-            u.warn(_("*** failed to import extension %s: %s\n") % (x[0], inst))
+            u.warn(_("*** failed to import extension %s: %s\n") % (ext_name, inst))
             if u.print_exc():
                 return 1
 
@@ -3513,7 +3518,9 @@ def dispatch(args):
         return inst.code
     except:
         u.warn(_("** unknown exception encountered, details follow\n"))
-        u.warn(_("** report bug details to mercurial@selenic.com\n"))
+        u.warn(_("** report bug details to "
+                 "http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/bts\n"))
+        u.warn(_("** or mercurial@selenic.com\n"))
         u.warn(_("** Mercurial Distributed SCM (version %s)\n")
                % version.get_version())
         raise

--- a/mercurial/context.py
+++ b/mercurial/context.py
@@ -39,21 +39,23 @@ class changectx(object):
 
     def parents(self):
         """return contexts for each parent changeset"""
-        p = self.repo.changelog.parents(self._node)
+        p = self._repo.changelog.parents(self._node)
         return [ changectx(self._repo, x) for x in p ]
 
     def children(self):
         """return contexts for each child changeset"""
-        c = self.repo.changelog.children(self._node)
+        c = self._repo.changelog.children(self._node)
         return [ changectx(self._repo, x) for x in c ]
 
     def filenode(self, path):
         node, flag = self._repo.manifest.find(self.changeset()[0], path)
         return node
 
-    def filectx(self, path):
+    def filectx(self, path, fileid=None):
         """get a file context from this changeset"""
-        return filectx(self._repo, path, fileid=self.filenode(path))
+        if fileid is None:
+            fileid = self.filenode(path)
+        return filectx(self._repo, path, fileid=fileid)
 
     def filectxs(self):
         """generate a file context for each file in this changeset's
@@ -77,10 +79,10 @@ class filectx(object):
 
         if self._id:
             # if given a changeset id, go ahead and look up the file
-            self._changeset = changectx(repo, self._id)
+            self._changeset = self._repo.changelog.read(self._id)
             node, flag = self._repo.manifest.find(self._changeset[0], path)
-            self._node = node
-            self._filelog = self.repo.file(self._path)
+            self._filelog = self._repo.file(self._path)
+            self._filenode = node
         elif self._fileid:
             # else be lazy
             self._filelog = self._repo.file(self._path)

--- a/mercurial/hg.py
+++ b/mercurial/hg.py
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ def clone(ui, source, dest=None, pull=Fa
 
     pull: always pull from source repository, even in local case
 
-    stream: stream from repository (fast over LAN, slow over WAN)
+    stream: stream raw data uncompressed from repository (fast over
+    LAN, slow over WAN)
 
     rev: revision to clone up to (implies pull=True)
 
@@ -156,9 +157,9 @@ def clone(ui, source, dest=None, pull=Fa
         # we lock here to avoid premature writing to the target
         dest_lock = lock.lock(os.path.join(dest_path, ".hg", "lock"))
 
-	# we need to remove the (empty) data dir in dest so copyfiles
-	# can do its work
-	os.rmdir(os.path.join(dest_path, ".hg", "data"))
+        # we need to remove the (empty) data dir in dest so copyfiles
+        # can do its work
+        os.rmdir(os.path.join(dest_path, ".hg", "data"))
         files = "data 00manifest.d 00manifest.i 00changelog.d 00changelog.i"
         for f in files.split():
             src = os.path.join(source, ".hg", f)
@@ -169,8 +170,8 @@ def clone(ui, source, dest=None, pull=Fa
                 if inst.errno != errno.ENOENT:
                     raise
 
-	# we need to re-init the repo after manually copying the data
-	# into it
+        # we need to re-init the repo after manually copying the data
+        # into it
         dest_repo = repository(ui, dest)
 
     else:

--- a/mercurial/hgweb/hgweb_mod.py
+++ b/mercurial/hgweb/hgweb_mod.py
@@ -860,7 +860,10 @@ class hgweb(object):
                   or self.t("error", error="%r not found" % fname))
 
     def do_capabilities(self, req):
-        resp = 'unbundle stream=%d' % (self.repo.revlogversion,)
+        caps = ['unbundle']
+        if self.repo.ui.configbool('server', 'uncompressed'):
+            caps.append('stream=%d' % self.repo.revlogversion)
+        resp = ' '.join(caps)
         req.httphdr("application/mercurial-0.1", length=len(resp))
         req.write(resp)
 

--- a/mercurial/localrepo.py
+++ b/mercurial/localrepo.py
@@ -2204,8 +2204,11 @@ class localrepository(repo.repository):
             return 1
 
     def stream_in(self, remote):
+        fp = remote.stream_out()
+        resp = int(fp.readline())
+        if resp != 0:
+            raise util.Abort(_('operation forbidden by server'))
         self.ui.status(_('streaming all changes\n'))
-        fp = remote.stream_out()
         total_files, total_bytes = map(int, fp.readline().split(' ', 1))
         self.ui.status(_('%d files to transfer, %s of data\n') %
                        (total_files, util.bytecount(total_bytes)))
@@ -2230,14 +2233,15 @@ class localrepository(repo.repository):
 
         keyword arguments:
         heads: list of revs to clone (forces use of pull)
-        pull: force use of pull, even if remote can stream'''
+        stream: use streaming clone if possible'''
 
-        # now, all clients that can stream can read repo formats
-        # supported by all servers that can stream.
+        # now, all clients that can request uncompressed clones can
+        # read repo formats supported by all servers that can serve
+        # them.
 
         # if revlog format changes, client will have to check version
-        # and format flags on "stream" capability, and stream only if
-        # compatible.
+        # and format flags on "stream" capability, and use
+        # uncompressed only if compatible.
 
         if stream and not heads and remote.capable('stream'):
             return self.stream_in(remote)

--- a/mercurial/sshserver.py
+++ b/mercurial/sshserver.py
@@ -60,8 +60,10 @@ class sshserver(object):
         capabilities: space separated list of tokens
         '''
 
-        r = "capabilities: unbundle stream=%d\n" % (self.repo.revlogversion,)
-        self.respond(r)
+        caps = ['unbundle']
+        if self.ui.configbool('server', 'uncompressed'):
+            caps.append('stream=%d' % self.repo.revlogversion)
+        self.respond("capabilities: %s\n" % (' '.join(caps),))
 
     def do_lock(self):
         '''DEPRECATED - allowing remote client to lock repo is not safe'''

--- a/mercurial/streamclone.py
+++ b/mercurial/streamclone.py
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ def walkrepo(root):
         yield x
     # write manifest before changelog
     meta = list(walk(root, False))
-    meta.sort(reverse=True)
+    meta.sort()
+    meta.reverse()
     for x in meta:
         yield x
 
@@ -59,6 +60,13 @@ def walkrepo(root):
 def stream_out(repo, fileobj):
     '''stream out all metadata files in repository.
     writes to file-like object, must support write() and optional flush().'''
+
+    if not repo.ui.configbool('server', 'uncompressed'):
+        fileobj.write('1\n')
+        return
+
+    fileobj.write('0\n')
+
     # get consistent snapshot of repo. lock during scan so lock not
     # needed while we stream, and commits can happen.
     lock = repo.lock()

--- a/mercurial/ui.py
+++ b/mercurial/ui.py
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ class ui(object):
 
     def expandpath(self, loc, default=None):
         """Return repository location relative to cwd or from [paths]"""
-        if "://" in loc or os.path.exists(loc):
+        if "://" in loc or os.path.isdir(loc):
             return loc
 
         path = self.config("paths", loc)

--- a/tests/test-backout.out
+++ b/tests/test-backout.out
@@ -29,3 +29,23 @@ changeset 3:4cbb1e70196a backs out chang
 the backout changeset is a new head - do not forget to merge
 (use "backout -m" if you want to auto-merge)
 b: No such file or directory
+adding a
+adding b
+adding c
+0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
+adding d
+1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
+(branch merge, don't forget to commit)
+# backout of merge should fail
+abort: cannot back out a merge changeset without --parent
+# backout of merge with bad parent should fail
+abort: cb9a9f314b8b is not a parent of b2f3bb92043e
+# backout of non-merge with parent should fail
+abort: cannot use --parent on non-merge changeset
+# backout with valid parent should be ok
+removing d
+changeset 5:11fbd9be634c backs out changeset 4:b2f3bb92043e
+rolling back last transaction
+1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
+removing c
+changeset 5:1a5f1a63bf2c backs out changeset 4:b2f3bb92043e

--- a/tests/test-http
+++ b/tests/test-http
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-mkdir test
+hg init test
 cd test
 echo foo>foo
-hg init
-hg addremove
-hg commit -m 1
-hg verify
-hg serve -p 20059 -d --pid-file=hg.pid
-cat hg.pid >> $DAEMON_PIDS
+hg commit -A -d '0 0' -m 1
+hg --config server.uncompressed=True serve -p 20059 -d --pid-file=hg1.pid
+cat hg1.pid >> $DAEMON_PIDS
+hg serve -p 20060 -d --pid-file=hg2.pid
+cat hg2.pid >> $DAEMON_PIDS
 cd ..
 
 echo % clone via stream
-http_proxy= hg clone --stream http://localhost:20059/ copy 2>&1 | \
+http_proxy= hg clone --uncompressed http://localhost:20059/ copy 2>&1 | \
   sed -e 's/[0-9][0-9.]*/XXX/g'
 cd copy
 hg verify
 
-cd ..
+echo % try to clone via stream, should use pull instead
+http_proxy= hg clone --uncompressed http://localhost:20060/ copy2
 
 echo % clone via pull
 http_proxy= hg clone http://localhost:20059/ copy-pull

--- a/tests/test-http-proxy
+++ b/tests/test-http-proxy
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ hg init a
 cd a
 echo a > a
 hg ci -Ama -d '1123456789 0'
-hg serve -p 20059 -d --pid-file=hg.pid
+hg --config server.uncompressed=True serve -p 20059 -d --pid-file=hg.pid
 cat hg.pid >> $DAEMON_PIDS
 
 cd ..
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ cat proxy.pid >> $DAEMON_PIDS
 sleep 2
 
 echo %% url for proxy, stream
-http_proxy=http://localhost:20060/ hg --config http_proxy.always=True clone --stream http://localhost:20059/ b | \
+http_proxy=http://localhost:20060/ hg --config http_proxy.always=True clone --uncompressed http://localhost:20059/ b | \
   sed -e 's/[0-9][0-9.]*/XXX/g'
 cd b
 hg verify

--- a/tests/test-http.out
+++ b/tests/test-http.out
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
-(the addremove command is deprecated; use add and remove --after instead)
 adding foo
-checking changesets
-checking manifests
-crosschecking files in changesets and manifests
-checking files
-1 files, 1 changesets, 1 total revisions
 % clone via stream
 streaming all changes
 XXX files to transfer, XXX bytes of data
@@ -15,6 +9,13 @@ checking manifests
 crosschecking files in changesets and manifests
 checking files
 1 files, 1 changesets, 1 total revisions
+% try to clone via stream, should use pull instead
+requesting all changes
+adding changesets
+adding manifests
+adding file changes
+added 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files
+1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
 % clone via pull
 requesting all changes
 adding changesets

--- a/tests/test-ssh
+++ b/tests/test-ssh
@@ -27,11 +27,13 @@ hg init remote
 cd remote
 echo this > foo
 hg ci -A -m "init" -d "1000000 0" foo
+echo '[server]' > .hg/hgrc
+echo 'uncompressed = True' >> .hg/hgrc
 
 cd ..
 
 echo "# clone remote via stream"
-hg clone -e ./dummyssh --stream ssh://user@dummy/remote local-stream 2>&1 | \
+hg clone -e ./dummyssh --uncompressed ssh://user@dummy/remote local-stream 2>&1 | \
   sed -e 's/[0-9][0-9.]*/XXX/g'
 cd local-stream
 hg verify