Re: [PATCH v2 20/20] transport-helper: implement marks location as capability
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Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
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- Jul 4, 2011, 13:43 UTC
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Heya,
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 03:29, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
> Why do we use a "gitdir" capability for this at all, instead of > exporting the GIT_DIR environment variable as Tomas has suggested? > (Not about this patch, but a separate patch explaining that in the > documentation would be nice.)
Mainly because I didn't take the time to implement that, will do.
> How does this interact with fast-import's --relative-marks feature > (if at all)?
They're a supplement to it, the exporter uses all three features (see git_remote_helpers/git/exporter.py).
-- Cheers, Sverre Rabbelier