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Re: [PATCH 2/2] Set User-Agent string in shell scripts used for fetching

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Aug 1, 2006, 09:51 UTC
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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> writes:
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>> "Why?", meaning if we deliberately do so for some good reason?
>> 
>> There isn't.
>> 
>> git-http-fetch uses its own User-Agent string, but the shell
>> script wrappers that use curl executable do not bother setting
>> customized User-Agent string; that is why.
>
> So there :-)

Who said we want to? Actually I explicitly said we do not bother ;-).

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  2. gitweb: whitespace cleanupJakub Narebski, Jul 29, 2006
  3. gitweb: Use list for of open for running git commands, thorougly.Jakub Narebski, Jul 29, 2006
  4. Jakub NarebskiJul 30, 2006
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 31, 2006
  6. Jakub NarebskiJul 31, 2006
  7. Jakub NarebskiJul 31, 2006
  8. Jakub NarebskiJul 31, 2006
  9. Jakub NarebskiJul 31, 2006
  10. gitweb: simplify git_get_hash_by_pathJakub Narebski, Jul 29, 2006
  11. gitweb: More explicit error messages for open "-|"Jakub Narebski, Jul 29, 2006
  12. gitweb: Cleanup - chomp $line in consistent styleJakub Narebski, Jul 30, 2006
  13. gitweb: Correct error from changing "-|" open to list form in git_commitJakub Narebski, Jul 30, 2006
  14. gitweb: Cleanup - chomp @lines in consistent styleJakub Narebski, Jul 30, 2006
  15. gitweb: Add git_page_nav for later useJakub Narebski, Jul 30, 2006
  16. gitweb: Navbar refactoring - use git_page_nav to generate navigation barJakub Narebski, Jul 30, 2006
  17. gitweb: Replace form-feed character by ^LJakub Narebski, Jul 30, 2006
  18. gitweb: Read project description using utf-8 encodingJakub Narebski, Jul 30, 2006
  19. Jakub NarebskiJul 30, 2006
  20. gitweb: Show project descriptions with utf-8 characters in project list correctlyJakub Narebski, Jul 30, 2006
  21. gitweb: Add "\n" after <br/> in git_page_navJakub Narebski, Jul 30, 2006
  22. gitweb: Pager refactoring - use git_get_paging_nav for paginationJakub Narebski, Jul 30, 2006
  23. gitweb: Remove $project from git_get_paging_nav argumentsJakub Narebski, Jul 30, 2006
  24. gitweb: Headers refactoring - use git_header_div for header divsJakub Narebski, Jul 30, 2006
  25. gitweb: Remove characters entities entirely when shortening stringJakub Narebski, Jul 30, 2006
  26. Jakub NarebskiJul 31, 2006
  27. Jakub NarebskiJul 31, 2006
  28. gitweb: Ref refactoring - use git_get_referencing for marking tagged/head commitsJakub Narebski, Jul 31, 2006
  29. gitweb: Refactor generation of shortlog, tags and heads bodyJakub Narebski, Jul 31, 2006
  30. gitweb: No need to quote path for list version of open "-|"Jakub Narebski, Jul 31, 2006
  31. Junio C HamanoJul 31, 2006
  32. Jakub NarebskiJul 31, 2006
  33. Junio C HamanoAug 1, 2006
  34. There can be more than two levels of subdirectoriesJunio C Hamano, Aug 1, 2006
  35. gitweb: Reordering code and dividing it into categoriesJakub Narebski, Jul 31, 2006
  36. gitweb: Reordering code and dividing it into categoriesJakub Narebski, Jul 31, 2006
  37. gitweb: use a hash to lookup the sub for an actionMatthias Lederhofer, Jul 31, 2006
  38. Junio C HamanoJul 31, 2006
  39. Jakub NarebskiJul 31, 2006
  40. Luben TuikovAug 1, 2006
  41. Jakub Narebski, Aug 1, 2006
  42. Perhaps an obvious cut and paste error.Junio C Hamano, Aug 1, 2006
  43. Jakub NarebskiAug 1, 2006
  44. A few more fixups to gitwebJunio C Hamano, Aug 1, 2006
  45. Jakub NarebskiAug 1, 2006
  46. Junio C HamanoAug 1, 2006
  47. 1/2 Use tabs for indent in shell scriptsJakub Narebski, Aug 1, 2006
  48. 2/2 Set User-Agent string in shell scripts used for fetchingJakub Narebski, Aug 1, 2006
  49. Junio C HamanoAug 1, 2006
  50. Junio C HamanoAug 1, 2006
  51. Jakub NarebskiAug 1, 2006
  52. Luben TuikovAug 1, 2006
  53. gitweb: clean up user configuration partMatthias Lederhofer, Aug 1, 2006
  54. gitweb: include perl files for configurationMatthias Lederhofer, Aug 1, 2006

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