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Re: [PATCH v4] Documentation/remote-helpers: Add invocation section

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Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org>
Date
Apr 6, 2010, 04:03 UTC
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On Mon, 5 Apr 2010, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> I would think that INVOCATION section needs to specify how the helper is
> selected (e.g. taking "frotz" out of "frotz::<some info>", or using the
> configuration variable remote.origin.vcs), and where the one or two
> parameters given to the program come from, to help such a developer who
> wants to add his own remote helper.

I think where the helper gets selected should be described in the (more user-centric) documentation of how git uses external helpers; helper developers (who are writing their helper in the context of git) should generally be familiar with this from the user documentation. I'd like to keep this document as little specific to git being what calls the helper as possible.

	-Daniel
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  1. Documentation/remote-helpers: Add invocation sectionRamkumar Ramachandra, Mar 31, 2010
  2. Junio C HamanoApr 5, 2010
  3. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 6, 2010
  4. Junio C HamanoApr 6, 2010
  5. Ramkumar RamachandraApr 6, 2010
  6. Daniel BarkalowApr 6, 2010

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