From: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:45:26 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] Add support for external programs for handling native fetches
Message-ID: <20090725184526.GB11191@spearce.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.2.00.0907251330240.2147@iabervon.org>

Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org> wrote:
> +Commands are given by the caller on the helper's standard input, one per line.
> +
> +'list'::
> +	Outputs the names of refs followed by the hex of their values
> +	or "@<name>" for symrefs, one per line. After the complete
> +	list, outputs a blank line.

I hate to be a nit, but why this format and not the one that is
produced by `git ls-remote` and the native protocol?  I know its
pretty arbitrary either way, but since we already have a history
of using "SHA1 ref\n" why not continue that tradition here?

-- 
Shawn.