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Re: [PATCH/RFC] recv_sideband: Band #2 always goes to stderr

From
Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date
Mar 10, 2009, 11:17 UTC
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<49B64C3A.50909@viscovery.net>
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<49B64ADC.2090406@viscovery.net>
Johannes Sixt schrieb:
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> All data producers and data consumers *in git* use band #2 to transport
> error messages and progress report. GitTorrent cannot not talk to
> upload-pack or upload-archive and expect to get arbitrary binary data over
> band #2.
> 
> For use-cases that you have in mind in GitTorrent, the *protocol* may be a
> good choice, but the current implementation is definitely a special case.

And it really is: Did you notice that stuff that recv_sideband sends over the channel named 'err' (before my patch) has "remote: " prepended on every line? That's certainly not an implementation that you want if you send binary data over that band!

-- Hannes
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Message 6 of 26 in “winansi: support ESC [ K (erase in line)”
  1. winansi: support ESC [ K (erase in line)Johannes Schindelin, Mar 10, 2009
  2. Johannes SixtMar 10, 2009
  3. recv_sideband: Band #2 always goes to stderrJohannes Sixt, Mar 10, 2009
  4. Johannes SchindelinMar 10, 2009
  5. Johannes SixtMar 10, 2009
  6. Johannes SixtMar 10, 2009
  7. Johannes SchindelinMar 10, 2009
  8. Johannes SixtMar 10, 2009
  9. Johannes SchindelinMar 10, 2009
  10. Johannes SixtMar 10, 2009
  11. Shawn O. PearceMar 10, 2009
  12. Johannes SchindelinMar 10, 2009
  13. Junio C HamanoMar 10, 2009
  14. Shawn O. PearceMar 10, 2009
  15. Johannes SixtMar 10, 2009
  16. Johannes SchindelinMar 10, 2009
  17. Johannes SixtMar 10, 2009
  18. Nicolas PitreMar 10, 2009
  19. Jay SoffianMar 10, 2009
  20. Nicolas PitreMar 10, 2009
  21. 1/2 recv_sideband: Bands #2 and #3 always go to stderrJohannes Sixt, Mar 10, 2009
  22. 2/2 winansi: support ESC [ K (erase in line)Johannes Sixt, Mar 10, 2009
  23. Johannes SchindelinMar 11, 2009
  24. Johannes SchindelinMar 10, 2009
  25. Peter HarrisMar 10, 2009
  26. Johannes SchindelinMar 10, 2009

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