Re: Get tree of remote repository using custom ssh library.

From: Stef Bon <stefbon@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 25, 2021, 06:54 UTC
Message-ID: <CANXojcyVGp0aXySZswzFtmWL=q17bP5Zz4Si-Gxb0rgx4TNjAg@mail.gmail.com>
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Op wo 25 aug. 2021 om 07:45 schreef Kevin Daudt <me@ikke.info>:

Hello Kevin,

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> Hello Stef,
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> Git has no way of knowing what repositories might exist on a
> given server. They might live everywhere, and git does not keep track of
> what repositories are created on a central location, so there is not
> central directory to query.
>

Ok.

> Besides that, services like github do not let you remotely browse
> repositories over SSH, they only allow you to run git-upload-pack /
> git-receive-pack or equivalent to handle the git protocol.
>

That is exactly what I want. I know git works with the git-upload-pack and git-receive-pack methods. I think I had to be more precisely. Now my issue is how do I have to call these, with what parameters to achieve the listing of entries? (git_tree and git_tree_entry for example?? I do not know)

Stef