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Re: [RFC PATCH 0/8] Git remote helpers to implement smart transports.

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Dec 2, 2009, 17:39 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0912021832480.4985@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
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Hi,
On Wed, 2 Dec 2009, Ilari Liusvaara wrote:
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> And if mappings http -> curl, https -> curl, ftp -> curl are to remain 
> explicit in main git binary, I would put them into table and build stub 
> remote-curl if NO_CURL is defined instead of special casing the error in 
> main git binary (but I consider that worse than just removing the 
> association from main git binary).

This is definitely a good direction, and it would be even better if the absence of the remote helper was also handled gracefully. Just think about a (as of now fictious) git-remote-http.rpm relying on git-core.rpm and libcurl.rpm. If you do not want to access http:// URLs, you can install just git-core. Once you encounter an http:// URL you need to access, you install git-remote-http. Keeping git-core. (I like to call this setup "modular".)

Of course, I never understood why the backend should know the implementation detail that it is based on cURL, so it would be even more modular (at least by my definition) if there was no hard-coded mapping (Sverre -- Cc'ed -- seemed to like URLs of the form "svn::http://..." and "cvs::pserver..." to trigger looking for a remote helper explicitely). I find the compiled-in mapping rather limiting.

Ciao, Dscho

Previous: Junio C HamanoNext: Sverre Rabbelier
Message 30 of 42 in “Git remote helpers to implement smart transports.”
  1. 0/8 Git remote helpers to implement smart transports.Ilari Liusvaara, Dec 1, 2009
  2. 1/8 Pass unknown protocols to external protocol handlersIlari Liusvaara, Dec 1, 2009
  3. 2/8 Refactor git transport options parsingIlari Liusvaara, Dec 1, 2009
  4. 3/8 Support taking over transportsIlari Liusvaara, Dec 1, 2009
  5. 4/8 Support remote helpers implementing smart transportsIlari Liusvaara, Dec 1, 2009
  6. Shawn O. PearceDec 1, 2009
  7. Ilari LiusvaaraDec 2, 2009
  8. Shawn O. PearceDec 2, 2009
  9. Ilari LiusvaaraDec 2, 2009
  10. Shawn O. PearceDec 3, 2009
  11. Shawn O. PearceDec 2, 2009
  12. 5/8 Support remote archive from external protocol helpersIlari Liusvaara, Dec 1, 2009
  13. 6/8 Remove special casing of http, https and ftpIlari Liusvaara, Dec 1, 2009
  14. Shawn O. PearceDec 1, 2009
  15. Ilari LiusvaaraDec 1, 2009
  16. Daniel BarkalowDec 1, 2009
  17. Ilari LiusvaaraDec 2, 2009
  18. 7/8 Add remote helper debug modeIlari Liusvaara, Dec 1, 2009
  19. 8/8 Support mandatory capabilitiesIlari Liusvaara, Dec 1, 2009
  20. Sverre RabbelierDec 1, 2009
  21. Shawn O. PearceDec 1, 2009
  22. Ilari LiusvaaraDec 1, 2009
  23. Shawn O. PearceDec 1, 2009
  24. Junio C HamanoDec 1, 2009
  25. Shawn O. PearceDec 1, 2009
  26. Ilari LiusvaaraDec 2, 2009
  27. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2009
  28. Ilari LiusvaaraDec 2, 2009
  29. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2009
  30. Johannes SchindelinDec 2, 2009
  31. Sverre RabbelierDec 2, 2009
  32. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2009
  33. Sverre RabbelierDec 2, 2009
  34. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2009
  35. Sverre RabbelierDec 2, 2009
  36. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2009
  37. Jeff KingDec 2, 2009
  38. Ilari LiusvaaraDec 2, 2009
  39. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2009
  40. Ilari LiusvaaraDec 2, 2009
  41. Ilari LiusvaaraDec 2, 2009
  42. Ilari LiusvaaraDec 2, 2009

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