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Re: [PATCH 5/8] Add a config option for remotes to specify a foreign vcs

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Aug 9, 2009, 20:38 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0908092238290.8306@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
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Hi,
On Sun, 9 Aug 2009, Daniel Barkalow wrote:
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> If this is set, the url is not required, and the transport always uses
> a helper named "git-remote-<value>".
> 
> It is a separate configuration option in order to allow a sensible
> configuration for foreign systems which either have no meaningful urls
> for repositories or which require urls that do not specify the system
> used by the repository at that location. However, this only affects
> how the name of the helper is determined, not anything about the
> interaction with the helper, and the contruction is such that, if the
> foreign scm does happen to use a co-named url method, a url with that
> method may be used directly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org>
> ---
Oh well, just try it often enough.  I give up.

Ciao, Dscho

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Message 2 of 35 in “Add a config option for remotes to specify a foreign vcs”
  1. 5/8 Add a config option for remotes to specify a foreign vcsDaniel Barkalow, Aug 9, 2009
  2. Johannes SchindelinAug 9, 2009
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 10, 2009
  4. Daniel BarkalowAug 10, 2009
  5. Johan HerlandAug 10, 2009
  6. Daniel BarkalowAug 10, 2009
  7. 0/6 Graceful handling of missing remote helpersJohan Herland, Aug 11, 2009
  8. 1/6 Minor unrelated fixesJohan Herland, Aug 11, 2009
  9. 2/6 transport_get(): Don't SEGFAULT on missing urlJohan Herland, Aug 11, 2009
  10. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2009
  11. Johan HerlandAug 12, 2009
  12. 3/6 Move setup of curl remote helper from transport.c to transport-helper.cJohan Herland, Aug 11, 2009
  13. Johannes SchindelinAug 11, 2009
  14. 4/6 Add is_git_command_or_alias() for checking availability of a given git commandJohan Herland, Aug 11, 2009
  15. Johannes SchindelinAug 11, 2009
  16. 5/6 Let transport_helper_init() decide if a remote helper program can be usedJohan Herland, Aug 11, 2009
  17. Johannes SchindelinAug 11, 2009
  18. Daniel BarkalowAug 11, 2009
  19. Jeff KingAug 12, 2009
  20. Daniel BarkalowAug 12, 2009
  21. 6/6 Add testcase to verify handling of missing remote helper programsJohan Herland, Aug 11, 2009
  22. Junio C HamanoAug 11, 2009
  23. Johannes SchindelinAug 11, 2009
  24. Junio C HamanoAug 10, 2009
  25. Bert WesargAug 11, 2009
  26. Johannes SchindelinAug 11, 2009
  27. Jeff KingAug 11, 2009
  28. Johannes SchindelinAug 11, 2009
  29. Jeff KingAug 12, 2009
  30. Jakub NarebskiAug 12, 2009
  31. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2009
  32. Jakub NarebskiAug 13, 2009
  33. Jeff KingAug 11, 2009
  34. Johannes SchindelinAug 12, 2009
  35. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2009

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