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[PATCH 04/19] Add a config option for remotes to specify a foreign vcs

From
Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 29, 2009, 18:01 UTC
Message-ID
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From: Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org>

If this is set, the url is not required, and the transport always uses a helper named "git-remote-<value>".

It is a separate configuration option in order to allow a sensible configuration for foreign systems which either have no meaningful urls for repositories or which require urls that do not specify the system used by the repository at that location. However, this only affects how the name of the helper is determined, not anything about the interaction with the helper, and the contruction is such that, if the foreign scm does happen to use a co-named url method, a url with that method may be used directly.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org>
Signed-off-by: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
---
	This has my patch to fix valid_remote to allow for both url
	vcs squashed in.
 Documentation/config.txt |    4 ++++
 remote.c                 |    4 +++-
 remote.h                 |    2 ++
 transport.c              |    5 +++++
 4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index d1e2120..0d9d369 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1408,6 +1408,10 @@ remote.<name>.tagopt::
 	Setting this value to \--no-tags disables automatic tag following when
 	fetching from remote <name>
 
+remote.<name>.vcs::
+	Setting this to a value <vcs> will cause git to interact with
+	the remote with the git-remote-<vcs> helper.
+
 remotes.<group>::
 	The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update
 	<group>".  See linkgit:git-remote[1].
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index 15c9cec..09bb79c 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static char buffer[BUF_SIZE];
 
 static int valid_remote(const struct remote *remote)
 {
-	return !!remote->url;
+	return (!!remote->url) || (!!remote->foreign_vcs);
 }
 
 static const char *alias_url(const char *url, struct rewrites *r)
@@ -444,6 +444,8 @@ static int handle_config(const char *key, const char *value, void *cb)
 	} else if (!strcmp(subkey, ".proxy")) {
 		return git_config_string((const char **)&remote->http_proxy,
 					 key, value);
+	} else if (!strcmp(subkey, ".vcs")) {
+		return git_config_string(&remote->foreign_vcs, key, value);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/remote.h b/remote.h
index 5db8420..ac0ce2f 100644
--- a/remote.h
+++ b/remote.h
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ struct remote {
 	const char *name;
 	int origin;
 
+	const char *foreign_vcs;
+
 	const char **url;
 	int url_nr;
 	int url_alloc;
diff --git a/transport.c b/transport.c
index 5ae8db6..13bab4e 100644
--- a/transport.c
+++ b/transport.c
@@ -818,6 +818,11 @@ struct transport *transport_get(struct remote *remote, const char *url)
 		url = remote->url[0];
 	ret->url = url;
 
+	if (remote && remote->foreign_vcs) {
+		transport_helper_init(ret, remote->foreign_vcs);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
 	if (!prefixcmp(url, "rsync:")) {
 		ret->get_refs_list = get_refs_via_rsync;
 		ret->fetch = fetch_objs_via_rsync;
-- 
1.6.5.2.291.gf76a3
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Message 11 of 43 in “Reroll of the remote-vcs-helper series”
  1. 0/19 Reroll of the remote-vcs-helper seriesSverre Rabbelier, Oct 29, 2009
  2. 01/19 Use a function to determine whether a remote is validSverre Rabbelier, Oct 29, 2009
  3. 02/19 Allow fetch to modify refsSverre Rabbelier, Oct 29, 2009
  4. Daniel BarkalowOct 30, 2009
  5. Sverre RabbelierOct 30, 2009
  6. Daniel BarkalowOct 30, 2009
  7. Sverre RabbelierOct 30, 2009
  8. 03/19 Allow programs to not depend on remotes having urlsSverre Rabbelier, Oct 29, 2009
  9. Daniel BarkalowOct 30, 2009
  10. Sverre RabbelierOct 30, 2009
  11. 04/19 Add a config option for remotes to specify a foreign vcsSverre Rabbelier, Oct 29, 2009
  12. 05/19 Add support for "import" helper commandSverre Rabbelier, Oct 29, 2009
  13. 06/19 Factor ref updating out of fetch_with_importSverre Rabbelier, Oct 29, 2009
  14. Daniel BarkalowOct 30, 2009
  15. Sverre RabbelierOct 30, 2009
  16. Daniel BarkalowOct 30, 2009
  17. Sverre RabbelierNov 2, 2009
  18. Daniel BarkalowNov 2, 2009
  19. Sverre RabbelierNov 2, 2009
  20. Daniel BarkalowNov 2, 2009
  21. 07/19 Allow helpers to report in "list" command that the ref is unchangedSverre Rabbelier, Oct 29, 2009
  22. 08/19 Fix memory leak in helper method for disconnectSverre Rabbelier, Oct 29, 2009
  23. 09/19 Finally make remote helper support usefulSverre Rabbelier, Oct 29, 2009
  24. 10/19 Allow helpers to request marks for fast-importSverre Rabbelier, Oct 29, 2009
  25. Johan HerlandOct 30, 2009
  26. Sverre RabbelierOct 30, 2009
  27. Johan HerlandOct 31, 2009
  28. Sverre RabbelierOct 31, 2009
  29. 11/19 Basic build infrastructure for Python scriptsSverre Rabbelier, Oct 29, 2009
  30. 12/19 1/2: Add Python support library for CVS remote helperSverre Rabbelier, Oct 29, 2009
  31. Johan HerlandOct 30, 2009
  32. Sverre RabbelierOct 30, 2009
  33. 13/19 2/2: Add Python support library for CVS remote helperSverre Rabbelier, Oct 29, 2009
  34. 14/19 git-remote-cvs: Remote helper program for CVS repositoriesSverre Rabbelier, Oct 29, 2009
  35. 15/19 Add simple selftests of git-remote-cvs functionalitySverre Rabbelier, Oct 29, 2009
  36. 16/19 Fix the Makefile-generated path to the git_remote_cvs package in git-remote-cvsSverre Rabbelier, Oct 29, 2009
  37. 17/19 More fixes to the git-remote-cvs installation procedureSverre Rabbelier, Oct 29, 2009
  38. 18/19 Refactor git_remote_cvs to a more generic git_remote_helpersSverre Rabbelier, Oct 29, 2009
  39. Johan HerlandOct 30, 2009
  40. Sverre RabbelierOct 30, 2009
  41. 19/19 .gitignore: add git-remote-cvsSverre Rabbelier, Oct 29, 2009
  42. Shawn O. PearceOct 29, 2009
  43. Sverre RabbelierOct 29, 2009

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