Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] upload-archive: use start_command instead of fork

> Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Add an undocumented flag to git-archive that tells it that the
>> action originated from a remote, so features can be disabled.
>
>> diff --git a/builtin/upload-archive.c b/builtin/upload-archive.c
>> index 2d0b383..c57e8bd 100644
>> --- a/builtin/upload-archive.c
>> +++ b/builtin/upload-archive.c
>> @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
>>  #include "archive.h"
>>  #include "pkt-line.h"
>>  #include "sideband.h"
>> +#include "run-command.h"
>>
>>  static const char upload_archive_usage[] =
>>       "git upload-archive <repo>";
>> @@ -18,28 +19,17 @@ static const char lostchild[] =
>>
>>  #define MAX_ARGS (64)
>>
>> -static int run_upload_archive(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>> +static void prepare_argv(const char **sent_argv, const char **argv)
>>  {
>> -     const char *sent_argv[MAX_ARGS];
>>       const char *arg_cmd = "argument ";
>>       char *p, buf[4096];
>>       int sent_argc;
>>       int len;
>>
>> +     sent_argc = 2;
>> +     sent_argv[0] = "archive";
>> +     sent_argv[1] = "--remote-request";
>>       for (p = buf;;) {
>>               /* This will die if not enough free space in buf */
>>               len = packet_read_line(0, p, (buf + sizeof buf) - p);
>
> Hmm, forgetting the "Windows" for a while, does this client work against
> the remote repositories that are running deployed versions of Git?
>