Re: [PATCH not-for-mainline] Implement git-vcs-p4

> On Wed, 27 Jan 2010, Ilari Liusvaara wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 12:18:35PM +0100, Tor Arvid Lund wrote:
> > 
> > > Then, I did 'git fetch', and got a seg fault. I got around it by
> > > commenting out a line:
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/transport.c b/transport.c
> > > index 7714fdb..5b404f7 100644
> > > --- a/transport.c
> > > +++ b/transport.c
> > > @@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ struct transport *transport_get(struct remote
> > > *remote, const char *url)
> > >         ret->url = url;
> > > 
> > >         /* In case previous URL had helper forced, reset it. */
> > > -       remote->foreign_vcs = NULL;
> > > +/*     remote->foreign_vcs = NULL;*/
> > > 
> > >         /* maybe it is a foreign URL? */
> > >         if (url) {
> > > 
> > 
> > Hmm... And just commenting out that line will break case if you have
> > push URL using remote helpers and second one for same remote that
> > doesn't. 
> > 
> > I'll look into that issue.
> 
> I think that field should only be used for things like:
> 
> [remote "foo"]
> 	vcs = something
> 	...
> 
> and the case where the helper is inferred from the URL shouldn't use a 
> field on the remote, but be passing the information around in function 
> arguments. A field of the struct remote only really makes sense with 
> information that applies to the whole remote.