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[PATCH v4 06/12] Allow specifying the remote helper in the url

From
Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 18, 2009, 01:42 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

The common case for remote helpers will be to import some repository which can be specified by a single URL. Support this use case by allowing users to say:

	git clone hg::https://soc.googlecode.com/hg/ soc
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
---
	Unchanged.
 transport.c |   10 ++++++++++
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/transport.c b/transport.c
index aa90648..ea39535 100644
--- a/transport.c
+++ b/transport.c
@@ -821,6 +821,16 @@ struct transport *transport_get(struct remote *remote, const char *url)
 		url = remote->url[0];
 	ret->url = url;
 
+	/* maybe it is a foreign URL? */
+	if (url) {
+		const char *p = url;
+
+		while (isalnum(*p))
+			p++;
+		if (!prefixcmp(p, "::"))
+			remote->foreign_vcs = xstrndup(url, p - url);
+	}
+
 	if (remote && remote->foreign_vcs) {
 		transport_helper_init(ret, remote->foreign_vcs);
 		return ret;
-- 
1.6.5.3.164.g07b0c
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Message 7 of 13 in “Reroll of the remote-vcs-helper series”
  1. 00/12 Reroll of the remote-vcs-helper seriesSverre Rabbelier, Nov 18, 2009
  2. 01/12 Fix memory leak in helper method for disconnectSverre Rabbelier, Nov 18, 2009
  3. 02/12 Allow programs to not depend on remotes having urlsSverre Rabbelier, Nov 18, 2009
  4. 03/12 Use a function to determine whether a remote is validSverre Rabbelier, Nov 18, 2009
  5. 04/12 Allow fetch to modify refsSverre Rabbelier, Nov 18, 2009
  6. 05/12 Add a config option for remotes to specify a foreign vcsSverre Rabbelier, Nov 18, 2009
  7. 06/12 Allow specifying the remote helper in the urlSverre Rabbelier, Nov 18, 2009
  8. 07/12 Add support for "import" helper commandSverre Rabbelier, Nov 18, 2009
  9. 08/12 Allow helper to map private ref names into normal namesSverre Rabbelier, Nov 18, 2009
  10. 09/12 Fix various memory leaks in transport-helper.cSverre Rabbelier, Nov 18, 2009
  11. 10/12 Allow helpers to report in "list" command that the ref is unchangedSverre Rabbelier, Nov 18, 2009
  12. 11/12 Basic build infrastructure for Python scriptsSverre Rabbelier, Nov 18, 2009
  13. 12/12 Add Python support library for remote helpersSverre Rabbelier, Nov 18, 2009

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