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Re: [ANNOUNCE] GIT 0.99.9g

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Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
Date
Nov 14, 2005, 09:23 UTC
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se> writes:
> 
> 
>>>Also places we execute git-upload-pack and git-receive-pack over
>>>an SSH connection need to be updated to execute 'git' with the
>>>first parameter 'upload-pack' and 'receive-pack' to make sure it
>>>would keep working with older or newer git on the other end.
>>
>>I've cooked up a patch that takes care of this if;
>>	git daemon
>>is executed (rather than git-daemon)...
> 
> 
> Actually I was more worried about these git native protocols
> going over ssh, which is not helped by git-daemon.  I think
> teaching the libdir to git-shell would make sense for "git
> restricted shell" users, but most users coming from ssh to run
> git native protocols would need to have some way of running the
> executable on the other end.
> 
> My current thinking about this problem is that the handful
> programs that need to run "on the other end" should stay in
> /usr/bin, even after we move most things out of /usr/bin, if
> only to avoid configuration hassles.  They are:
> 
> 	receive-pack, upload-pack
>         ssh-fetch, ssh-pull, ssh-push, ssh-upload
> 

I liked your suggestion of deprecating the /usr/bin use a month or two before it's effected better. We could then provide symlinks for the necessary programs that point to their real locations in GIT_EXEC_PATH and (someday) drop those links when they're no longer needed.

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> 
> Somehow libdir reminds me of where libraries are installed by
> the Makefile, which usually does not mean executables, and that
> was the reason I mentioned --exec-path.  Although I do not have
> strong preference myself either way, I do not think the list
> cares too much either, so in order not to waste time by
> indecision, let's just say we use this one:
> 
> 
>>The form will be
>>	exec_path=$(prefix)/lib/git-@@VERSION@@
>>	GIT_EXEC_PATH
>>	--exec-path
>>
>>for Makefile, environment and 'git', respectively. Substitute the 
>>obvious part with whatever you prefer.
> 
> 
>>..., although I'm implementing Linus' idea of prepending the
>>GIT_EXEC_PATH to $PATH so the porcelainish scripts in git-core
>>shouldn't have to do it.
> 
> 
> This sounds good to me; let's go with it.  Thanks.
> 
I'll get busy then.
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Andreas Ericsson                   andreas.ericsson@op5.se
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  1. Junio C HamanoNov 10, 2005
  2. Jeff GarzikNov 10, 2005
  3. H. Peter AnvinNov 10, 2005
  4. Andreas EricssonNov 10, 2005
  5. H. Peter AnvinNov 11, 2005
  6. Andreas EricssonNov 12, 2005
  7. Junio C HamanoNov 11, 2005
  8. Andreas EricssonNov 12, 2005
  9. Junio C HamanoNov 14, 2005
  10. Andreas EricssonNov 14, 2005
  11. Junio C HamanoNov 14, 2005
  12. Petr BaudisNov 14, 2005
  13. Yaacov Akiba SlamaNov 10, 2005
  14. Junio C HamanoNov 10, 2005
  15. H. Peter AnvinNov 10, 2005
  16. Junio C HamanoNov 10, 2005
  17. Petr BaudisNov 10, 2005
  18. Daniel BarkalowNov 10, 2005
  19. Junio C HamanoNov 10, 2005
  20. Daniel BarkalowNov 10, 2005
  21. Linus TorvaldsNov 10, 2005
  22. Linus TorvaldsNov 10, 2005
  23. H. Peter AnvinNov 11, 2005
  24. Johannes SchindelinNov 11, 2005
  25. H. Peter AnvinNov 11, 2005
  26. Jim RadfordNov 10, 2005
  27. Andreas EricssonNov 10, 2005
  28. Junio C HamanoNov 10, 2005
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