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Re: [PATCH 17/19] transport-helper: export is no longer always the last command

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 13, 2011, 15:24 UTC
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Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com> writes:
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> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 09:51, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Yes, but I'm still missing something.  What does the trailing \n ever
>> have to be written?
>>
>> "git log -Sdisconnect_helper -- transport-helper.c" doesn't give many
>> clues.  I imagine it's a way to check whether the child is still alive
>> and to warn it not to be alarmed when the output end of its input pipe
>> closes.
>
> Yes, the trailing \n is to signal to the helper that the connection is
> about to close, allowing it to do whatever cleanup necessarily. It's
> kind of like the "done" command for fast-import.

... which is the kind of clarification I wanted to see as the comment to document that no_disconnect_req field, whose semantics was unclear even to two people who are known to know a bit about git and had to ask you to clarify.

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Message 50 of 54 in “remote-helper improvements”
  1. 00/19 remote-helper improvementsSverre Rabbelier, Jun 8, 2011
  2. 01/19 transport-helper: fix minor leak in push_refs_with_exportSverre Rabbelier, Jun 8, 2011
  3. Jeff KingJun 8, 2011
  4. Sverre RabbelierJun 8, 2011
  5. 02/19 t5800: factor out some ref testsSverre Rabbelier, Jun 8, 2011
  6. 03/19 t5800: document some non-functional parts of remote helpersSverre Rabbelier, Jun 8, 2011
  7. Jonathan NiederJun 8, 2011
  8. Jonathan NiederJun 8, 2011
  9. Sverre RabbelierJun 8, 2011
  10. Sverre RabbelierJun 8, 2011
  11. Sverre RabbelierJun 9, 2011
  12. Jeff KingJun 10, 2011
  13. 04/19 teach remote-testgit to import non-HEAD refsSverre Rabbelier, Jun 8, 2011
  14. Jonathan NiederJun 8, 2011
  15. Sverre RabbelierJun 8, 2011
  16. Jeff KingJun 8, 2011
  17. Junio C HamanoJun 8, 2011
  18. Sverre RabbelierJun 9, 2011
  19. 05/19 transport-helper: don't feed bogus refs to export pushSverre Rabbelier, Jun 8, 2011
  20. 06/19 git_remote_helpers: push all refs during a non-local exportSverre Rabbelier, Jun 8, 2011
  21. Jonathan NiederJun 8, 2011
  22. Jeff KingJun 8, 2011
  23. Sverre RabbelierJun 8, 2011
  24. Jonathan NiederJun 9, 2011
  25. Sverre RabbelierJun 9, 2011
  26. Jonathan NiederJun 9, 2011
  27. Sverre RabbelierJun 9, 2011
  28. Jeff KingJun 10, 2011
  29. 07/19 remote-curl: accept empty line as terminatorSverre Rabbelier, Jun 8, 2011
  30. 08/19 git-remote-testgit: only push for non-local repositoriesSverre Rabbelier, Jun 8, 2011
  31. 09/19 git-remote-testgit: fix error handlingSverre Rabbelier, Jun 8, 2011
  32. 10/19 fast-import: introduce 'done' commandSverre Rabbelier, Jun 8, 2011
  33. Jonathan NiederJun 8, 2011
  34. Sverre RabbelierJun 8, 2011
  35. 11/19 fast-export: support done featureSverre Rabbelier, Jun 8, 2011
  36. 12/19 transport-helper: factor out push_update_refs_statusSverre Rabbelier, Jun 8, 2011
  37. 13/19 transport-helper: check status code of finish_commandSverre Rabbelier, Jun 8, 2011
  38. 14/19 transport-helper: use the new done feature where possibleSverre Rabbelier, Jun 8, 2011
  39. 15/19 transport-helper: update ref status after push with exportSverre Rabbelier, Jun 8, 2011
  40. Jonathan NiederJun 9, 2011
  41. Sverre RabbelierJun 9, 2011
  42. 16/19 transport-helper: change import semanticsSverre Rabbelier, Jun 8, 2011
  43. Jonathan NiederJun 8, 2011
  44. Sverre RabbelierJun 8, 2011
  45. 17/19 transport-helper: export is no longer always the last commandSverre Rabbelier, Jun 8, 2011
  46. Junio C HamanoJun 9, 2011
  47. Sverre RabbelierJun 9, 2011
  48. Jonathan NiederJun 9, 2011
  49. Sverre RabbelierJun 9, 2011
  50. Junio C HamanoJun 13, 2011
  51. 18/19 transport-helper: Use capname for gitdir capability tooSverre Rabbelier, Jun 8, 2011
  52. Jonathan NiederJun 8, 2011
  53. Sverre RabbelierJun 8, 2011
  54. 19/19 transport-helper: implement marks location as capabilitySverre Rabbelier, Jun 8, 2011

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