Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] git-remote-ext

From: Ilari Liusvaara <ilari.liusvaara@elisanet.fi>
Date: Oct 4, 2010, 18:11 UTC
Message-ID: <20101004181133.GA14661@LK-Perkele-V2.elisa-laajakaista.fi>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikenkhm0RJR0ovVyY9WLHtwWo+qQsyAhFDk=BO2@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 06:56:24PM +0200, Sverre Rabbelier wrote:

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> > +"ext::git-server-alias foo %G/repo %Vfoo"::
> > +       Represents a repository with path /repo accessed using the
> > +       helper program "git-server-alias foo".  The hostname for the
> > +       remote server passed in the protocol stream will be "foo"
> > +       (this allows multiple virtual git servers to share a
> > +       link-level address).
> 
> Can you explain better what the 'git-server-alias' helper is supposed to do?

Connect its stdin and stdout to git://-type server somewhere. It might be that the actual address of server is variable depending on network conditions, the connection is tunneled somehow, etc..

-Ilari