--- a/mercurial/peer.py	Mon Aug 03 06:13:05 2015 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/peer.py	Wed Aug 05 14:51:34 2015 -0400
@@ -8,9 +8,85 @@
 
 from i18n import _
 import error
+import util
+
+# abstract batching support
+
+class future(object):
+    '''placeholder for a value to be set later'''
+    def set(self, value):
+        if util.safehasattr(self, 'value'):
+            raise error.RepoError("future is already set")
+        self.value = value
+
+class batcher(object):
+    '''base class for batches of commands submittable in a single request
+
+    All methods invoked on instances of this class are simply queued and
+    return a a future for the result. Once you call submit(), all the queued
+    calls are performed and the results set in their respective futures.
+    '''
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.calls = []
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        def call(*args, **opts):
+            resref = future()
+            self.calls.append((name, args, opts, resref,))
+            return resref
+        return call
+    def submit(self):
+        pass
+
+class localbatch(batcher):
+    '''performs the queued calls directly'''
+    def __init__(self, local):
+        batcher.__init__(self)
+        self.local = local
+    def submit(self):
+        for name, args, opts, resref in self.calls:
+            resref.set(getattr(self.local, name)(*args, **opts))
+
+def batchable(f):
+    '''annotation for batchable methods
+
+    Such methods must implement a coroutine as follows:
+
+    @batchable
+    def sample(self, one, two=None):
+        # Handle locally computable results first:
+        if not one:
+            yield "a local result", None
+        # Build list of encoded arguments suitable for your wire protocol:
+        encargs = [('one', encode(one),), ('two', encode(two),)]
+        # Create future for injection of encoded result:
+        encresref = future()
+        # Return encoded arguments and future:
+        yield encargs, encresref
+        # Assuming the future to be filled with the result from the batched
+        # request now. Decode it:
+        yield decode(encresref.value)
+
+    The decorator returns a function which wraps this coroutine as a plain
+    method, but adds the original method as an attribute called "batchable",
+    which is used by remotebatch to split the call into separate encoding and
+    decoding phases.
+    '''
+    def plain(*args, **opts):
+        batchable = f(*args, **opts)
+        encargsorres, encresref = batchable.next()
+        if not encresref:
+            return encargsorres # a local result in this case
+        self = args[0]
+        encresref.set(self._submitone(f.func_name, encargsorres))
+        return batchable.next()
+    setattr(plain, 'batchable', f)
+    return plain
 
 class peerrepository(object):
 
+    def batch(self):
+        return localbatch(self)
+
     def capable(self, name):
         '''tell whether repo supports named capability.
         return False if not supported.