From: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:18:30 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] git-credential-cache--daemon on Cygwin
Message-ID: <4EA99266.7030002@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <20111022191509.GB1785@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 06:23:25PM +0100, Ramsay Jones wrote:
> 
>> Assuming that a modified http-auth-keyring series will make a return to pu
>> sometime, could you please squash these patches into (the patch corresponding to)
>> commit 2d6874d (credentials: add "cache" helper, 18-07-2011). Thanks!
> 
> I'm planning a reroll, so I'll squash them (or something similar) in.

Thanks!

> It's definitely coming back, so if you feel like working on it, please
> do. Also note that if it would be easier to have an alternate
> abstraction for inter-process communication on windows, I'm open to
> doing that in the cache daemon.

My initial reaction was to use a "named pipe" (aka fifo), but on reflection,
I don't think it would be any easier; the unix socket emulation should not be too
difficult (famous last words!).  :-D

ATB,
Ramsay Jones