#require serve

  $ hg init server
  $ cd server
  $ touch foo
  $ hg -q commit -A -m initial
  >>> for i in range(1024):
  ...     with open(str(i), 'wb') as fh:
  ...         fh.write(str(i))
  $ hg -q commit -A -m 'add a lot of files'
  $ hg serve -p $HGPORT -d --pid-file=hg.pid
  $ cat hg.pid >> $DAEMON_PIDS
  $ cd ..

Basic clone

  $ hg clone --uncompressed -U http://localhost:$HGPORT clone1
  streaming all changes
  1027 files to transfer, 96.3 KB of data
  transferred 96.3 KB in * seconds (*/sec) (glob)
  searching for changes
  no changes found

Clone with background file closing enabled

  $ hg --debug --config worker.backgroundclose=true --config worker.backgroundcloseminfilecount=1 clone --uncompressed -U http://localhost:$HGPORT clone-background | grep -v adding
  using http://localhost:$HGPORT/
  sending capabilities command
  sending branchmap command
  streaming all changes
  sending stream_out command
  1027 files to transfer, 96.3 KB of data
  starting 4 threads for background file closing
  transferred 96.3 KB in * seconds (*/sec) (glob)
  query 1; heads
  sending batch command
  searching for changes
  all remote heads known locally
  no changes found
  sending getbundle command
  bundle2-input-bundle: with-transaction
  bundle2-input-part: "listkeys" (params: 1 mandatory) supported
  bundle2-input-part: "listkeys" (params: 1 mandatory) supported
  bundle2-input-bundle: 1 parts total
  checking for updated bookmarks
  preparing listkeys for "phases"
  sending listkeys command
  received listkey for "phases": 58 bytes