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[RFC PATCH 8/8] Support mandatory capabilities

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ILIlari Liusvaara <ilari.liusvaara@elisanet.fi>
Date
Dec 1, 2009, 13:57 UTC
Message-ID
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Add support for marking capability as mandatory for hosting git version to understand. This is useful for helpers which require various types of assistance from main git binary.

Signed-off-by: Ilari Liusvaara <ilari.liusvaara@elisanet.fi>
---
 Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt |    5 ++++-
 transport-helper.c                   |   31 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt
index adf815c..eab9c03 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ Commands are given by the caller on the helper's standard input, one per line.
 
 'capabilities'::
 	Lists the capabilities of the helper, one per line, ending
-	with a blank line.
+	with a blank line. Each capability may be preceeded with '*'.
+	This marks them mandatory for git version using the remote
+	helper to understand (unknown mandatory capability is fatal
+	error).
 
 'list'::
 	Lists the refs, one per line, in the format "<value> <name>
diff --git a/transport-helper.c b/transport-helper.c
index 697f026..a128560 100644
--- a/transport-helper.c
+++ b/transport-helper.c
@@ -145,30 +145,45 @@ static struct child_process *get_helper(struct transport *transport)
 	write_constant(helper->in, "capabilities\n");
 
 	while (1) {
+		const char* capname;
+		int mandatory = 0;
 		recvline(data, &buf, seen_line);
 		seen_line = 1;
 
 		if (!*buf.buf)
 			break;
-		if(debug) fprintf(stderr, "Debug: Got cap %s\n", buf.buf);
-		if (!strcmp(buf.buf, "fetch"))
+
+		if(*buf.buf == '*') {
+			capname = buf.buf + 1;
+			mandatory = 1;
+		} else
+			capname = buf.buf;
+
+		if(debug) fprintf(stderr, "Debug: Got cap %s\n", capname);
+		if (!strcmp(capname, "fetch"))
 			data->fetch = 1;
-		if (!strcmp(buf.buf, "option"))
+		else if (!strcmp(capname, "option"))
 			data->option = 1;
-		if (!strcmp(buf.buf, "push"))
+		else if (!strcmp(capname, "push"))
 			data->push = 1;
-		if (!strcmp(buf.buf, "import"))
+		else if (!strcmp(capname, "import"))
 			data->import = 1;
-		if (!data->refspecs && !prefixcmp(buf.buf, "refspec ")) {
+		else if (!data->refspecs && !prefixcmp(capname, "refspec ")) {
 			ALLOC_GROW(refspecs,
 				   refspec_nr + 1,
 				   refspec_alloc);
 			refspecs[refspec_nr++] = strdup(buf.buf + strlen("refspec "));
 		}
-		if (!strcmp(buf.buf, "connect-r"))
+		else if (!strcmp(capname, "connect-r"))
 			data->connect_r = 1;
-		if (!strcmp(buf.buf, "invoke-r"))
+		else if (!strcmp(capname, "invoke-r"))
 			data->invoke_r = 1;
+		else if (mandatory) {
+			fflush(stderr);
+			die("Unknown madatory capability %s. This remote "
+			    "helper probably needs newer version of Git.\n",
+			    capname);
+		}
 	}
 	if (refspecs) {
 		int i;
-- 
1.6.6.rc0.64.g5593e
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  1. 0/8 Git remote helpers to implement smart transports.Ilari Liusvaara, Dec 1, 2009
  2. 1/8 Pass unknown protocols to external protocol handlersIlari Liusvaara, Dec 1, 2009
  3. 2/8 Refactor git transport options parsingIlari Liusvaara, Dec 1, 2009
  4. 3/8 Support taking over transportsIlari Liusvaara, Dec 1, 2009
  5. 4/8 Support remote helpers implementing smart transportsIlari Liusvaara, Dec 1, 2009
  6. Shawn O. PearceDec 1, 2009
  7. Ilari LiusvaaraDec 2, 2009
  8. Shawn O. PearceDec 2, 2009
  9. Ilari LiusvaaraDec 2, 2009
  10. Shawn O. PearceDec 3, 2009
  11. Shawn O. PearceDec 2, 2009
  12. 5/8 Support remote archive from external protocol helpersIlari Liusvaara, Dec 1, 2009
  13. 6/8 Remove special casing of http, https and ftpIlari Liusvaara, Dec 1, 2009
  14. Shawn O. PearceDec 1, 2009
  15. Ilari LiusvaaraDec 1, 2009
  16. Daniel BarkalowDec 1, 2009
  17. Ilari LiusvaaraDec 2, 2009
  18. 7/8 Add remote helper debug modeIlari Liusvaara, Dec 1, 2009
  19. 8/8 Support mandatory capabilitiesIlari Liusvaara, Dec 1, 2009
  20. Sverre RabbelierDec 1, 2009
  21. Shawn O. PearceDec 1, 2009
  22. Ilari LiusvaaraDec 1, 2009
  23. Shawn O. PearceDec 1, 2009
  24. Junio C HamanoDec 1, 2009
  25. Shawn O. PearceDec 1, 2009
  26. Ilari LiusvaaraDec 2, 2009
  27. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2009
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  29. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2009
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  37. Jeff KingDec 2, 2009
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