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Re: [PATCH 0/4] Pulling refs files

From
Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
May 16, 2005, 07:55 UTC
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>>>>> "DB" == Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org> writes:
DB> On Sat, 14 May 2005, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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>> I am having a bit hard time understanding how the end user uses
>> what you are trying to give them.  Is the basic idea to let them
>> say "I want to get Pasky's $GIT_DIR/refs/heads/master and store
>> it in my $GIT_DIR/refs/heads/git-pb, and then I want to start
>> the pull starting from the commit recorded in that ref"?

DB> Yes. This would be: git-http-pull -w heads/git-pb heads/master DB> http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/cogito/git-pb.git/

That would be quite handy. IIRC, Pasky had a gripe about limiting this under refs hierarchy (that's why you can write "heads/master" in your example not "refs/heads/master", though), and I am sympathetic to it. Giving unlimited download access anywhere under foobar.git/ would be fine. About the receiving side, letting things to be written anywhere the user wants would also be fine.

Since this will all be scripted anyway, I do not mind if the above example needs to be spelled as:

 $ git-http-pull -w ${GIT_DIR-.git}/refs/heads/git-pb refs/heads/master \
   http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/cogito/git-pb.git/
Previous: Daniel Barkalow
Message 23 of 23 in “Pulling refs files”
  1. 0/4 Pulling refs filesDaniel Barkalow, May 13, 2005
  2. 1/4 Support for refs directoryDaniel Barkalow, May 13, 2005
  3. 2/4 Generic support for pulling refsDaniel Barkalow, May 13, 2005
  4. 3/4 Pull refs by HTTPDaniel Barkalow, May 13, 2005
  5. Edgar ToernigMay 13, 2005
  6. 4/4 Pulling refs by sshDaniel Barkalow, May 13, 2005
  7. H. Peter AnvinMay 13, 2005
  8. Daniel BarkalowMay 15, 2005
  9. Petr BaudisMay 13, 2005
  10. Daniel BarkalowMay 13, 2005
  11. Petr BaudisMay 13, 2005
  12. Daniel BarkalowMay 15, 2005
  13. Petr BaudisMay 17, 2005
  14. Daniel BarkalowMay 17, 2005
  15. Petr BaudisMay 17, 2005
  16. Daniel BarkalowMay 17, 2005
  17. Petr BaudisMay 18, 2005
  18. Daniel BarkalowMay 19, 2005
  19. Petr BaudisMay 19, 2005
  20. Daniel BarkalowMay 19, 2005
  21. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2005
  22. Daniel BarkalowMay 15, 2005
  23. Junio C HamanoMay 16, 2005

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