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[PATCH] Set HTTP user agent to git/GIT_VERSION

From
NHNick Hengeveld <nickh@reactrix.com>
Date
Apr 4, 2006, 17:11 UTC
Message-ID
<20060404171128.GD14967@reactrix.com>

Useful for diagnostics/troubleshooting to know which client versions are hitting your server.

Signed-off-by: Nick Hengeveld <nickh@reactrix.com>
---
 Makefile |    3 +++
 http.c   |    2 ++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
468d4d4ac3cbdb0757a7cc1c207ca379ce3a5d56
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 19ce42c..c7d5ecf 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -510,6 +510,9 @@ git$X git.spec \
 exec_cmd.o: exec_cmd.c
 	$(CC) -o $*.o -c $(ALL_CFLAGS) '-DGIT_EXEC_PATH="$(gitexecdir_SQ)"' $<
 
+http.o: http.c
+	$(CC) -o $*.o -c $(ALL_CFLAGS) -DGIT_USER_AGENT='"git/$(GIT_VERSION)"' $<
+
 ifdef NO_EXPAT
 http-fetch.o: http-fetch.c
 	$(CC) -o $*.o -c $(ALL_CFLAGS) -DNO_EXPAT $<
diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 9604e33..0cb42a8 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ #endif
 	if (getenv("GIT_CURL_VERBOSE"))
 		curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1);
 
+	curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, GIT_USER_AGENT);
+
 	return result;
 }
 
-- 
1.3.0.rc1.g9aef-dirty
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  1. Set HTTP user agent to git/GIT_VERSIONNick Hengeveld, Apr 4, 2006

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