diff -r 7902001aaf41 -r ba4072c0a911 tests/testlib/ext-sidedata.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/tests/testlib/ext-sidedata.py	Mon Sep 09 21:38:29 2019 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# ext-sidedata.py - small extension to test the sidedata logic
+#
+# Copyright 2019 Pierre-Yves David <pierre-yves.david@octobus.net)
+#
+# This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of the
+# GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import hashlib
+import struct
+
+from mercurial import (
+    extensions,
+    revlog,
+)
+
+from mercurial.revlogutils import (
+    sidedata,
+)
+
+def wrapaddrevision(orig, self, text, transaction, link, p1, p2, *args,
+                    **kwargs):
+    if kwargs.get('sidedata') is None:
+        kwargs['sidedata'] = {}
+    sd = kwargs['sidedata']
+    ## let's store some arbitrary data just for testing
+    # text length
+    sd[sidedata.SD_TEST1] = struct.pack('>I', len(text))
+    # and sha2 hashes
+    sha256 = hashlib.sha256(text).digest()
+    sd[sidedata.SD_TEST2] = struct.pack('>32s', sha256)
+    return orig(self, text, transaction, link, p1, p2, *args, **kwargs)
+
+def extsetup(ui):
+    extensions.wrapfunction(revlog.revlog, 'addrevision', wrapaddrevision)