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Re: [PATCH] connect.c: add a way for git-daemon to pass an error back to client

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Nov 1, 2008, 02:19 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0811010316340.22125@pacific.mpi-cbg.de.mpi-cbg.de>
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Hi,
On Fri, 31 Oct 2008, Tom Preston-Werner wrote:
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> The current behavior of git-daemon is to simply close the connection on
> any error condition. This leaves the client without any information as
> to the cause of the failed fetch/push/etc.
> 
> This patch allows get_remote_heads to accept a line prefixed with "ERR"
> that it can display to the user in an informative fashion. Once clients
> can understand this ERR line, git-daemon can be made to properly report
> "repository not found", "permission denied", or other errors.
> 
> Example
> 
> S: ERR No matching repository.
> C: fatal: remote error: No matching repository.
Makes sense to me.

The cute trick with this is that even older clients would be able to display the error, albeit with a sort of funny message:

	protocol error: expected sha/ref, got 'No matching repository.'

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. connect.c: add a way for git-daemon to pass an error back to clientTom Preston-Werner, Nov 1, 2008
  2. Johannes SchindelinNov 1, 2008
  3. Tom Preston-WernerNov 1, 2008
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  6. Tom Preston-WernerNov 1, 2008
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