From: Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org>
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:17:32 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/13] Add support for "import" helper command
Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.0908051708060.2147@iabervon.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0908052254570.8306@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>

On Wed, 5 Aug 2009, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> 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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