Re: Complex gitweb URL

From: CLOSE Dave <dave.close@us.thalesgroup.com>
Date: Jul 20, 2016, 21:35 UTC
Message-ID: <42f9c384-489d-3fce-2b27-8884e683a3d5@us.thalesgroup.com>
In-Reply-To: <578FEB1E.5060302@gmail.com>

Thanks, Jakub, for the quick response.

On 07/20/16 02:20 PM, Jakub Narębski wrote:

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>> If I replace the hb=SHA argument with hb=HEAD, the URL still works. But
>> I have no idea what I can use to replace the h=SHA argument.
>
> You can remove it.  'hb' (hash_base) and 'f' (filename) identify target
> file in a repository unambiguously.

If I do, leaving everything else present, I get "404 cannot find file".

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>> A complication is that the target file is not in the master branch.
>> Somehow I need to be able to specify the branch. I've tried putting it
>> as the h= argument but that results in "Reading blob failed". If I leave
>> out the h= argument entirely, gitweb responds, "404 cannot find file".
>
> Did you forgot to set 'hb' parameter?  Is said file present in revision
> given by the 'hb' parameter?

The file is present in both master and develop branches. If I include hb=HEAD and leave out h=, gitweb doesn't find either of them. Using hb=HEAD and h=develop or h=master results in "Reading blob failed".

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	Dave Close