Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] transport-helper: no connection restriction in connect_helper

>
> Jiang Xin <worldhello.net@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > From: Jiang Xin <zhiyou.jx@alibaba-inc.com>
> >
> > When commit b236752a (Support remote archive from all smart transports,
> > 2009-12-09) added "remote archive" support for "smart transports", it
> > was for transport that supports the ".connect" method. The
> > "connect_helper()" function protected itself from getting called for a
> > transport without the method before calling process_connect_service(),
>
> OK.
>
> > which did not work with such a transport.
>
> How about 'which only worked with the ".connect" method.' ?
>
> >
> > Later, commit edc9caf7 (transport-helper: introduce stateless-connect,
> > 2018-03-15) added a way for a transport without the ".connect" method
> > to establish a "stateless" connection in protocol-v2, which
>
> s/which/where
>
> > process_connect_service() was taught to handle the "stateless"
> > connection,
>
> I think using 'the ".stateless_connect" method' is more consistent with
> the rest of this text.
>
> > making the old safety valve in its caller that insisted
> > that ".connect" method must be defined too strict, and forgot to loosen
> > it.
>
> I think just "...making the old protection too strict. But edc9caf7
> forgot to adjust this protection accordingly." is simpler to read.

> > Remove the restriction in the "connect_helper()" function and give the
> > function "process_connect_service()" the opportunity to establish a
> > connection using ".connect" or ".stateless_connect" for protocol v2. So
> > we can connect with a stateless-rpc and do something useful. E.g., in a
> > later commit, implements remote archive for a repository over HTTP
> > protocol.
> >
> > Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Jiang Xin <zhiyou.jx@alibaba-inc.com>
> > ---
> >  transport-helper.c | 2 --
> >  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/transport-helper.c b/transport-helper.c
> > index 49811ef176..2e127d24a5 100644
> > --- a/transport-helper.c
> > +++ b/transport-helper.c
> > @@ -662,8 +662,6 @@ static int connect_helper(struct transport *transport, const char *name,
> >
> >       /* Get_helper so connect is inited. */
> >       get_helper(transport);
> > -     if (!data->connect)
> > -             die(_("operation not supported by protocol"));
>
> Should we still terminate early here if both data->connect and
> data->stateless_connect are not truthy? It would save a few CPU cycles,
> but even better, remain true to the the original intent of the code.
> Maybe there was a really good reason to terminate early here that we're
> not aware of?
>