From: Sverre Rabbelier Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:34:04 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/8] t5800: document some non-functional parts of remote helpers Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20110607172832.GA23224@sigill.intra.peff.net> Heya, On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 19:28, Jeff King wrote: > Isn't that the case already with import? The helper writes into a > staging area (like refs/testgit), and then we let git pick the results > out of there. The staging area solution is sub-optimal, see [0] for the thread I was referring to. [0] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/174693/focus=174787 -- Cheers, Sverre Rabbelier