From: Sverre Rabbelier Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:48:16 GMT Subject: [PATCH v2 11/13] Allow helpers to request the path to the .git directory Message-ID: <1257364098-1685-12-git-send-email-srabbelier@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1257364098-1685-1-git-send-email-srabbelier@gmail.com> The 'gitdir' capability is reported by the remote helper if it requires the location of the .git directory. The location of the .git directory can then be used by the helper to store status files even when the current directory is not a git repository (such as is the case when cloning). The location of the .git dir is specified as an absolute path. Signed-off-by: Sverre Rabbelier --- Daniel, is this a good idea, or should we perhaps tell the helper the location of the git repository otherwise? transport-helper.c | 6 ++++++ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/transport-helper.c b/transport-helper.c index a80d803..4f95e7b 100644 --- a/transport-helper.c +++ b/transport-helper.c @@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ static struct child_process *get_helper(struct transport *transport) data->fetch = 1; if (!strcmp(buf.buf, "import")) data->import = 1; + if (!strcmp(buf.buf, "gitdir")) { + struct strbuf gitdir = STRBUF_INIT; + strbuf_addf(&gitdir, "gitdir %s\n", get_git_dir()); + write_in_full(helper->in, gitdir.buf, gitdir.len); + strbuf_reset(&gitdir); + } } return data->helper; } -- 1.6.5.2.295.g0d105