Re: [PATCH] Trivial support for cloning and fetching via ftp://.

> Sasha Khapyorsky <sashak@voltaire.com> writes:
> 
> > Something like this?
> >
> > With this change I'm able to clone
> > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc.git
> 
> I think without you would have, just with extra error messages
> that http codepath filters out.

> 
> > diff --git a/http-fetch.c b/http-fetch.c
> > index a113bb8..46d6029 100644
> > --- a/http-fetch.c
> > +++ b/http-fetch.c
> > @@ -324,7 +324,9 @@ static void process_object_response(void
> >  
> >  	/* Use alternates if necessary */
> >  	if (obj_req->http_code == 404 ||
> > -	    obj_req->curl_result == CURLE_FILE_COULDNT_READ_FILE) {
> > +	    obj_req->curl_result == CURLE_FILE_COULDNT_READ_FILE ||
> > +	    (obj_req->http_code == 550 &&
> > +	     obj_req->curl_result == CURLE_FTP_COULDNT_RETR_FILE)) {
> 
> Here you do the same as the code would for HTTP 404 when you get
> 550 _and_ RETR failure...
> 
> > @@ -538,7 +540,9 @@ static void process_alternates_response(
> >  		}
> >  	} else if (slot->curl_result != CURLE_OK) {
> >  		if (slot->http_code != 404 &&
> > -		    slot->curl_result != CURLE_FILE_COULDNT_READ_FILE) {
> > +		    slot->curl_result != CURLE_FILE_COULDNT_READ_FILE &&
> > +		    (slot->http_code != 550 &&
> > +		     slot->curl_result != CURLE_FTP_COULDNT_RETR_FILE)) {
> >  			got_alternates = -1;
> 
> ... but you say, while the original code says "declare error if
> it is not HTTP 404", "oh by the way, if it is 550 _or_ if it
> is RETR failure then do not trigger this if()".  I suspect you
> meant to say this?
> 
> 	    (slot->http_code != 550 ||
> 	     slot->curl_result != CURLE_FTP_COULDNT_RETR_FILE)) {