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Re: [PATCH 08/13] Add support for "import" helper command

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Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org>
Date
Aug 5, 2009, 21:17 UTC
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<alpine.LNX.2.00.0908051708060.2147@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:
> 
> > This command, supported if the "import" capability is advertized,
> > allows a helper to support fetching by outputting a git-fast-import
> > stream.
> 
>   If both the "import" and the "fetch" capability are advertised, the 
>   "import" capability is ignored.

The transport code notices that both are supported; it just doesn't use the less convenient one. It would be wrong for helpers to advertize both and depend on only "fetch" being used. (For example, there's no reason that hg couldn't use one of these helpers and use the "import" capability despite the "fetch" capability also being advertized, because "import" produces results which are portable across local vcses.)

	-Daniel
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