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Re: [RFC 1/4 v2] Implement a basic remote helper for svn in C.

From
Florian Achleitner <florian.achleitner.2.6.31@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 30, 2012, 13:55 UTC
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<19477122.a5lMBqWgns@flomedio>
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<20120730082951.GA7702@burratino>
On Monday 30 July 2012 03:29:52 Jonathan Nieder wrote:
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> > Generally I like your prefered solution.
> > I think there's one problem:
> > The pipe needs to be created before the fork, so that the fd can be
> > inherited. 
> The relevant pipe already exists at that point: the remote helper's
> stdin.
> 
> In other words, it could work like this (just like the existing demo
> code, except adding a conditional based on the "capabilities"
> response):
> 
>         0. transport-helper.c invokes the remote helper.  This requires
>            a pipe used to send commands to the remote helper
>            (helper->in) and a pipe used to receive responses from the
>            remote helper (helper->out)
> 
>         1. transport-helper.c sends the "capabilities" command to decide
>            what to do.  The remote helper replies that it would like
>            some feedback from fast-import.
> 
>         2. transport-helper.c forks and execs git fast-import with input
>            redirected from helper->out and the cat-blob fd redirected
>            to helper->in
fast-import writes to the helpers stdin..
>         3. transport-helper.c tells the remote helper to start the
>            import
transport-helper writes commands to the helper's stdin.
> 
>         4. wait for fast-import to exit

Hm .. that would mean, that both fast-import and git (transport-helper) would write to the remote-helper's stdin, right?

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  1. Florian AchleitnerJun 4, 2012
  2. 1/4 Implement a basic remote helper vor svn in C.Florian Achleitner, Jun 4, 2012
  3. 2/4 Integrate remote-svn into svn-fe/Makefile.Florian Achleitner, Jun 4, 2012
  4. 3/4 Add svndump_init_fd to allow reading dumps from arbitrary FDs.Florian Achleitner, Jun 4, 2012
  5. 4/4 Add cat-blob report pipe from fast-import to remote-helper.Florian Achleitner, Jun 4, 2012
  6. David Michael BarrJun 5, 2012
  7. Jeff KingJun 5, 2012
  8. David Michael BarrJun 5, 2012
  9. Jeff KingJun 5, 2012
  10. Florian AchleitnerJun 5, 2012
  11. Jeff KingJun 6, 2012
  12. Florian AchleitnerJun 6, 2012
  13. Johannes SixtJun 5, 2012
  14. Jeff KingJun 5, 2012
  15. Florian AchleitnerJun 5, 2012
  16. Johannes SixtJun 5, 2012
  17. David Michael BarrJun 5, 2012
  18. 0/4 Florian Achleitner, Jun 29, 2012
  19. 1/4 Implement a basic remote helper for svn in C.Florian Achleitner, Jun 29, 2012
  20. Jonathan NiederJul 2, 2012
  21. Jonathan NiederJul 6, 2012
  22. Florian AchleitnerJul 6, 2012
  23. Florian AchleitnerJul 26, 2012
  24. Jonathan NiederJul 26, 2012
  25. Florian AchleitnerJul 26, 2012
  26. Jonathan NiederJul 28, 2012
  27. Florian AchleitnerJul 30, 2012
  28. Jonathan NiederJul 30, 2012
  29. Florian AchleitnerJul 30, 2012
  30. Jonathan NiederJul 30, 2012
  31. Florian AchleitnerJul 31, 2012
  32. Jonathan NiederJul 31, 2012
  33. Florian AchleitnerAug 1, 2012
  34. Jonathan NiederAug 1, 2012
  35. Florian AchleitnerAug 12, 2012
  36. Jonathan NiederAug 12, 2012
  37. Florian AchleitnerAug 12, 2012
  38. Jonathan NiederAug 12, 2012
  39. Jonathan NiederAug 12, 2012
  40. Junio C HamanoJul 26, 2012
  41. Florian AchleitnerJul 30, 2012
  42. Steven MichalskeJul 26, 2012
  43. 2/4 Integrate remote-svn into svn-fe/Makefile.Florian Achleitner, Jun 29, 2012
  44. 3/4 Add svndump_init_fd to allow reading dumps from arbitrary FDs.Florian Achleitner, Jun 29, 2012
  45. 4/4 Add cat-blob report fifo from fast-import to remote-helper.Florian Achleitner, Jun 29, 2012
  46. Florian AchleitnerJul 21, 2012
  47. Jonathan NiederJul 21, 2012
  48. Florian AchleitnerJul 21, 2012
  49. Jonathan NiederJul 21, 2012
  50. Florian AchleitnerJul 22, 2012
  51. Jonathan NiederJul 22, 2012
  52. Jonathan NiederJul 21, 2012
  53. Jonathan NiederJul 26, 2012
  54. Florian AchleitnerJul 26, 2012
  55. Jonathan NiederJul 26, 2012
  56. Florian AchleitnerJul 27, 2012
  57. Jonathan NiederJul 28, 2012

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