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Re: [PATCH 6/9] http: update base URLs when we see redirects

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Oct 18, 2013, 18:42 UTC
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<20131018184250.GA11040@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 11:25:13AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> 
> > + * Our basic strategy is to compare "base" and "asked" to find the bits
> > + * specific to our request. We then strip those bits off of "got" to yield the
> > + * new base. So for example, if our base is "http://example.com/foo.git",
> > + * and we ask for "http://example.com/foo.git/info/refs", we might end up
> > + * with "https://other.example.com/foo.git/info/refs". We would want the
> > + * new URL to become "https://other.example.com/foo.git".
> 
> Not "https://other.example.com/foo.git/info/refs"?

I think my use of "the new URL" is ambiguous. I meant "the new base", from which one could then construct the new refs URL as you suggest.

-Peff
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Message 13 of 17 in “following http redirects”
  1. 0/9 following http redirectsJeff King, Sep 28, 2013
  2. 1/9 http_get_file: style fixesJeff King, Sep 28, 2013
  3. 2/9 http_request: factor out curlinfo_strbufJeff King, Sep 28, 2013
  4. 3/9 http: refactor options to http_get_*Jeff King, Sep 28, 2013
  5. 4/9 http: hoist credential request out of handle_curl_resultJeff King, Sep 28, 2013
  6. 5/9 http: provide effective url to callersJeff King, Sep 28, 2013
  7. 6/9 http: update base URLs when we see redirectsJeff King, Sep 28, 2013
  8. brian m. carlsonSep 29, 2013
  9. Eric SunshineSep 29, 2013
  10. Jeff KingSep 29, 2013
  11. Eric SunshineSep 29, 2013
  12. Junio C HamanoOct 18, 2013
  13. Jeff KingOct 18, 2013
  14. Junio C HamanoOct 18, 2013
  15. 7/9 remote-curl: make refs_url a strbufJeff King, Sep 28, 2013
  16. 8/9 remote-curl: store url as a strbufJeff King, Sep 28, 2013
  17. 9/9 remote-curl: rewrite base url from info/refs redirectsJeff King, Sep 28, 2013

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