From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:25:48 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/8] Hiding refs
Message-ID: <7vlib07zgz.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20130207001635.GA29318@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> 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.