Re: Revision resolution for remote-helpers?

From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 18, 2017, 22:33 UTC
Message-ID: <20170818223323.GO13924@aiede.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20170818221754.3rbh35aewj5xnu4z@glandium.org>

Mike Hommey wrote[1]:

> On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 03:06:37PM -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
>> Mike Hommey wrote:

>>> The reason for the <helper>:: prefix is that it matches the <helper>::
>>> prefix used for remote helpers.
>>>
>>> Now, there are a few caveats:

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>>> - msys likes to completely fuck up command lines when they contain ::.
>>>   For remote helpers, the alternative that works is
>>>   <helper>://<host>/etc.
>>
>> Hm --- is there a bug already open about this (e.g. in the Git for
>> Windows project or in msys) where I can read more?
>
> It's entirely an msys problem. Msys has weird rules to translate between
> unix paths and windows paths on the command line, and botches everything
> as a consequence. That's by "design".
>
> http://www.mingw.org/wiki/Posix_path_conversion
>
> (Particularly, see the last two entries)
>
> That only happens when calling native Windows programs from a msys
> shell.

Cc-ing the Git for Windows mailing list as an FYI.

I have faint memories that some developers on that project have had to delve deep into Msys path modification rules. It's possible they can give us advice (e.g. about <helper>::<url> having been a bad choice of syntax in the first place :)).

Thanks, Jonathan

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