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Re: [RFC PATCH v2 09/16] Move WebDAV HTTP push under remote-curl

From
Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org>
Date
Oct 13, 2009, 04:41 UTC
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<20091013044141.GA18961@glandium.org>
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On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 07:25:08PM -0700, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:
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> The remote helper interface now supports the push capability,
> which can be used to ask the implementation to push one or more
> specs to the remote repository.  For remote-curl we implement this
> by calling the existing WebDAV based git-http-push executable.
> 
> Internally the helper interface uses the push_refs transport hook
> so that the complexity of the refspec parsing and matching can be
> reused between remote implementations.  When possible however the
> helper protocol uses source ref name rather than the source SHA-1,
> thereby allowing the helper to access this name if it is useful.

It's been a while I haven't followed changes in the remote code but this looks nice, though I haven't checked thoroughly. I guess the next step would be to kill http-push as an external program.

Mike
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Message 23 of 38 in “Return of smart HTTP”
  1. 00/16 Return of smart HTTPShawn O. Pearce, Oct 13, 2009
  2. 01/16 pkt-line: Add strbuf based functionsShawn O. Pearce, Oct 13, 2009
  3. Johannes SixtOct 13, 2009
  4. Shawn O. PearceOct 13, 2009
  5. 02/16 pkt-line: Make packet_read_line easier to debugShawn O. Pearce, Oct 13, 2009
  6. 03/16 fetch-pack: Use a strbuf to compose the want listShawn O. Pearce, Oct 13, 2009
  7. 04/16 Move "get_ack()" back to fetch-packShawn O. Pearce, Oct 13, 2009
  8. 05/16 Add multi_ack_2 capability to fetch-pack/upload-packShawn O. Pearce, Oct 13, 2009
  9. Jakub NarebskiOct 13, 2009
  10. Shawn O. PearceOct 13, 2009
  11. 06/16 remote-curl: Refactor walker initializationShawn O. Pearce, Oct 13, 2009
  12. 07/16 remote-helpers: Fetch more than one ref in a batchShawn O. Pearce, Oct 13, 2009
  13. Daniel BarkalowOct 13, 2009
  14. Shawn O. PearceOct 13, 2009
  15. 08/16 remote-helpers: Support custom transport optionsShawn O. Pearce, Oct 13, 2009
  16. Daniel BarkalowOct 13, 2009
  17. Shawn O. PearceOct 13, 2009
  18. Daniel BarkalowOct 13, 2009
  19. Shawn O. PearceOct 13, 2009
  20. Daniel BarkalowOct 13, 2009
  21. Shawn O. PearceOct 13, 2009
  22. 09/16 Move WebDAV HTTP push under remote-curlShawn O. Pearce, Oct 13, 2009
  23. Mike HommeyOct 13, 2009
  24. Johannes SchindelinOct 13, 2009
  25. 10/16 Git-aware CGI to provide dumb HTTP transportShawn O. Pearce, Oct 13, 2009
  26. Johannes SixtOct 13, 2009
  27. 11/16 Add one shot RPC options to upload-pack, receive-packShawn O. Pearce, Oct 13, 2009
  28. 12/16 Smart fetch and push over HTTP: server sideShawn O. Pearce, Oct 13, 2009
  29. Johannes SixtOct 13, 2009
  30. Shawn O. PearceOct 13, 2009
  31. 13/16 Discover refs via smart HTTP server when availableShawn O. Pearce, Oct 13, 2009
  32. 14/16 Smart push over HTTP: client sideShawn O. Pearce, Oct 13, 2009
  33. Felipe ContrerasOct 13, 2009
  34. 15/16 Smart fetch over HTTP: client sideShawn O. Pearce, Oct 13, 2009
  35. 16/16 Smart HTTP fetch: gzip requestsShawn O. Pearce, Oct 13, 2009
  36. Junio C HamanoOct 13, 2009
  37. eduard stefanOct 13, 2009
  38. Junio C HamanoOct 13, 2009

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