Re: [PATCH v3 0/8] Hiding refs
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
- Date
- Feb 7, 2013, 18:25 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> If the new client can handle the old-style server's response, then the > server can start blasting out refs (optionally after a timeout) and stop > when the client interrupts with "hey, wait, I can speak the new > protocol". The server just has to include "you can interrupt me" in its > capability advertisement (obviously it would have to send out at least > the first ref with the capabilities before the timeout).
Yeah, I would prefer people to come up with a way to share the port and autodetect. It is *not* a requirement for the updated server to run on a separate port at all.