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Re: [PATCH] Allow update hooks to update refs on their own

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 28, 2007, 19:00 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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>> Couldn't you do this with a status message? ("ok <refname> changed by 
>> hook" or something.)
>
> Having just touched this code, I believe the answer is yes. receive-pack
> has always sent just "ok <refname>\n", so we could start interpreting
> anything after the <refname> bit freely...

More importantly, no send-pack choked on "ok <refname>" followed by a SP (old ones just checked "ok" and nothing else, the current one NULs out the SP and lets you use the rest as a message), so such a change to receive-pack does not have to break older send-pack.

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Message 10 of 44 in “Allow update hooks to update refs on their own”
  1. Allow update hooks to update refs on their ownSteven Grimm, Nov 27, 2007
  2. Jakub NarebskiNov 27, 2007
  3. Steven GrimmNov 27, 2007
  4. Junio C HamanoNov 28, 2007
  5. Steven GrimmNov 28, 2007
  6. Daniel BarkalowNov 28, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoNov 28, 2007
  8. Steven GrimmNov 28, 2007
  9. Jeff KingNov 28, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoNov 28, 2007
  11. Allow update hooks to update refs on their ownSteven Grimm, Nov 28, 2007
  12. Jeff KingNov 28, 2007
  13. Steven GrimmNov 28, 2007
  14. Jeff KingNov 28, 2007
  15. Junio C HamanoNov 28, 2007
  16. Allow update hooks to update refs on their ownSteven Grimm, Nov 28, 2007
  17. Jeff KingNov 28, 2007
  18. Junio C HamanoNov 28, 2007
  19. Steven GrimmNov 29, 2007
  20. Junio C HamanoNov 30, 2007
  21. Allow update hooks to update refs on their own.Steven Grimm, Dec 2, 2007
  22. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2007
  23. Jeff KingDec 3, 2007
  24. Junio C HamanoDec 3, 2007
  25. Junio C HamanoDec 3, 2007
  26. Steven GrimmDec 5, 2007
  27. Junio C HamanoDec 5, 2007
  28. Junio C HamanoDec 5, 2007
  29. Jeff KingDec 6, 2007
  30. Junio C HamanoDec 6, 2007
  31. Jeff KingDec 6, 2007
  32. Steven GrimmDec 6, 2007
  33. Shawn O. PearceDec 3, 2007
  34. Junio C HamanoDec 3, 2007
  35. Shawn O. PearceDec 4, 2007
  36. Johannes SchindelinDec 3, 2007
  37. Shawn O. PearceDec 4, 2007
  38. Johannes SchindelinDec 4, 2007
  39. Shawn O. PearceDec 4, 2007
  40. Johannes SchindelinDec 4, 2007
  41. Steven GrimmDec 4, 2007
  42. Shawn O. PearceDec 4, 2007
  43. Junio C HamanoNov 28, 2007
  44. Jeff KingNov 28, 2007

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