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Re: [PATCH 07/13] Add a config option for remotes to specify a foreign vcs

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Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org>
Date
Aug 5, 2009, 21:07 UTC
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<alpine.LNX.2.00.0908051658530.2147@iabervon.org>
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On Wed, 5 Aug 2009, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, 5 Aug 2009, Daniel Barkalow wrote:
> 
> > If this is set, the url is not required, and the transport always uses a 
> > helper named "git-remote-<value>".
> 
> I wonder what's wrong with saying "git config remote.origin.url p4:" 
> instead of having two different code paths that do essentially the same.

I believe some cases will want to use a URL which is "http://something" and have some other option cause the code to use "git helper-svn". I think it's necessary to distinguish *where* the repo is (which includes how you reach it) from *what* the repo is. I don't think it's necessary to have the helper naming distinguish which was used, but both mechanisms need to be available for deciding.

	-Daniel
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