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Re: [PATCH 7/7] Turn `git serve` into a test helper

From
Josh Steadmon <steadmon@google.com>
Date
Apr 17, 2019, 18:22 UTC
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<20190417182200.GQ60888@google.com>
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On 2019.04.17 14:40, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> 
> >> I do not personally think, as the design of v2 stands, a standalone
> >> "serve" server that "can serve anything as long as it goes over
> >> protocol v2" makes much sense, but perhaps those who have been doing
> >> the v2 work may have different ideas, in which case let's hear what
> >> their plans are.
> >
> > I too would like to hear more definite comments from people who think
> > git-serve is worth keeping. In the meantime, there's some discussion
> > from this thread in December:
> > ...
> >   https://public-inbox.org/git/20181213195305.249059-1-jonathantanmy@google.com/
> >
> > (In case you do not feel like reading the whole thing, my opinion there
> > is that git-serve is probably not the right direction, and we would do
> > well to demote it as Dscho's patch does).
> 
> I guess we are more or less on the same page, then.  I'll let others
> chime in by waiting for a bit more but I won't wait forever ;-).
> 
> Thanks.

FWIW I used git-serve a fair amount while working on V2 support for archiving, and everything I did with it would have been just as easy with a test helper as with a builtin. So I have no objections to this change.

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Message 25 of 41 in “Assorted Documentation-related fixes”
  1. 0/7 Assorted Documentation-related fixesJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Apr 12, 2019
  2. 1/7 remote-testgit: move it into the support directory for t5801Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Apr 12, 2019
  3. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2019
  4. Johannes SchindelinApr 18, 2019
  5. 2/7 help -a: do not list commands that are excluded from the buildJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Apr 12, 2019
  6. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2019
  7. Johannes SchindelinApr 18, 2019
  8. 4/7 docs: exclude documentation for commands that have been excludedJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Apr 12, 2019
  9. Eric SunshineApr 12, 2019
  10. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2019
  11. Eric SunshineApr 15, 2019
  12. Eric SunshineApr 15, 2019
  13. Johannes SchindelinApr 18, 2019
  14. Jeff KingApr 15, 2019
  15. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2019
  16. Johannes SchindelinApr 18, 2019
  17. Jeff KingApr 18, 2019
  18. 3/7 check-docs: do not pretend that commands are listed which are excludedJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Apr 12, 2019
  19. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2019
  20. Johannes SchindelinApr 18, 2019
  21. 7/7 Turn `git serve` into a test helperJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Apr 12, 2019
  22. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2019
  23. Jeff KingApr 17, 2019
  24. Junio C HamanoApr 17, 2019
  25. Josh SteadmonApr 17, 2019
  26. Junio C HamanoApr 18, 2019
  27. Johannes SchindelinApr 18, 2019
  28. 6/7 test-tool: handle the `-C <directory>` option just like `git`Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Apr 12, 2019
  29. 5/7 check-docs: do not bother checking for legacy scripts' documentationJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Apr 12, 2019
  30. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2019
  31. 0/8 Assorted Documentation-related fixesJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Apr 18, 2019
  32. 1/8 remote-testgit: move it into the support directory for t5801Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Apr 18, 2019
  33. 2/8 Makefile: drop the NO_INSTALL variableJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Apr 18, 2019
  34. 3/8 help -a: do not list commands that are excluded from the buildJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Apr 18, 2019
  35. 4/8 check-docs: allow command-list.txt to contain excluded commandsJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Apr 18, 2019
  36. 5/8 docs: exclude documentation for commands that have been excludedJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Apr 18, 2019
  37. Junio C HamanoApr 19, 2019
  38. Johannes SchindelinApr 29, 2019
  39. 6/8 check-docs: do not bother checking for legacy scripts' documentationJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Apr 18, 2019
  40. 7/8 test-tool: handle the `-C <directory>` option just like `git`Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Apr 18, 2019
  41. 8/8 Turn `git serve` into a test helperJohannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget, Apr 18, 2019

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