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Re: [PATCH 0/2] Hiding some refs in ls-remote

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Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 21, 2013, 01:46 UTC
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On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 2:16 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Should the client side learn how to list hidden refs too? I'm thinking
>> of an extreme case where upload-pack advertises nothing (or maybe just
>> refs/heads/master) and it's up to the client to ask for the ref
>> selection it's interested in. upload-pack may need more updates to do
>> that, I think.
>
> What you are talking about is a different goal.
>
> Look at this as a mechanism for the repository owner to control the
> clutter in what is shown to the intended audience of what s/he
> publishes in the repository.  Network bandwidth reduction of
> advertisement is a side effect of clutter reduction, and not
> necessarily the primary goal.

Probably stupid question: does gitnamespaces.txt attempt to achieve the same? The document says smart http supports passing namespace, nothing about git protocol so I guess we need some extension in upload-pack (or git-daemon) for specifying namespace over git protocol.

-- 
Duy
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  1. 0/2 Hiding some refs in ls-remoteJunio C Hamano, Jan 19, 2013
  2. 1/2 upload-pack: share more codeJunio C Hamano, Jan 19, 2013
  3. 2/2 upload-pack: allow hiding ref hiearchiesJunio C Hamano, Jan 19, 2013
  4. Duy NguyenJan 19, 2013
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 19, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoJan 20, 2013
  7. Duy NguyenJan 21, 2013
  8. Jeff KingJan 21, 2013
  9. Michael HaggertyJan 19, 2013
  10. Jeff KingJan 19, 2013
  11. Junio C HamanoJan 20, 2013
  12. Junio C HamanoJan 20, 2013
  13. Jeff KingJan 21, 2013
  14. Junio C HamanoJan 21, 2013
  15. Jeff KingJan 21, 2013
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