Re: remote helper example with push/fetch capabilities

From: Klein W <wineklein@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 15, 2014, 21:42 UTC
Message-ID: <CAPCWLt4=oYTPFXktCj8CgqNncaO2=sbwZcPOVa+a5wgt7HPCUQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20141215204740.GI29365@google.com>

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:

> Sure --- see remote-curl.c.
>
> There's also the "connect" capability.  builtin/remote-ext.c and
> builtin/remote-fd.c are examples using that one.

Thanks.

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>> Also, what are the advantages and disadvantages of a remote helper
>> with push/fetch capabilities vs a remote helper with import/export
>> capabilities?
>
> It mainly has to do with what it is convenient for your helper to
> produce.  If the helper would find it more convenient to write native
> git objects (for example because the remote server speaks a
> git-specific protocol, as in the case of remote-curl.c) then the
> "fetch" capability will be more convenient.  If the helper wants to
> make a batch of new objects then a fast-import stream can be a
> convenient way to do this and the "import" capability takes care of
> running fast-import to take care of that.

I'm trying to write a remote helper for hosting git remotes on Amazon S3. Do you have any intuition about which capabilities would work best for this case?

Thanks.