From: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:53:48 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/13] Add a config option for remotes to specify a foreign vcs
Message-ID: <fabb9a1e0908051453y3bb4b2fax2ab17608436510ca@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0908052349250.8306@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>

Heya,

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 14:50, Johannes
Schindelin<Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> Problem: on Windows, we cannot name the helper git-remote-http+svn: "+" is
> not an allowed character in a filename.

Then do a s/+/-/ before calling the helper; no-one said the
translation between protocol name and helper name had to be 1:1, as
long as we document it there is no reason not to? Then again, maybe
it's more better to use 'svn-http" or 'svn:http' to make it obvious
that it's a special feature thingy.

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier