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Re: [PATCH v2 11/13] Allow helpers to request the path to the .git directory

From
Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 5, 2009, 00:15 UTC
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Heya,
On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 01:04, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> What do you mean by <alias> here?  Is it the <alias> in
>
>        [remote "alias"]
>                url = hg::http://some.where/repo/sito/ry.hg
Yes, that one.
> IOW, can a user ever use the foreign interface directly from the command
> line, without ever defining such entries in .git/config, perhaps using
> "git remote"?

No, my primary use case for remote helpers is currently 'git clone hg::https://soc.googlecode.com/hg/', and to have 'git fetch origin' Just Work (tm) from that clone. My secondary use case though, is to support 'git fetch hg:: https://soc.googlecode.com/hg/' just as well and have 'git log FETCH_HEAD' Just Work (tm) too. In that light .git/info/remote-<vcs>/ is probably a better idea, so that the helper can use say '.git/info/remote-<vcs>/fetch/ for one-time fetches.

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier
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Message 32 of 36 in “Reroll of the remote-vcs-helper series”
  1. 00/13 Reroll of the remote-vcs-helper seriesSverre Rabbelier, Nov 4, 2009
  2. 01/13 Fix memory leak in helper method for disconnectSverre Rabbelier, Nov 4, 2009
  3. 02/13 Allow programs to not depend on remotes having urlsSverre Rabbelier, Nov 4, 2009
  4. 03/13 Use a function to determine whether a remote is validSverre Rabbelier, Nov 4, 2009
  5. 04/13 Allow fetch to modify refsSverre Rabbelier, Nov 4, 2009
  6. 05/13 Add a config option for remotes to specify a foreign vcsSverre Rabbelier, Nov 4, 2009
  7. 06/13 Allow specifying the remote helper in the urlSverre Rabbelier, Nov 4, 2009
  8. 07/13 Add support for "import" helper commandSverre Rabbelier, Nov 4, 2009
  9. 08/13 Write local refs written by the "import" helper command only onceSverre Rabbelier, Nov 4, 2009
  10. 09/13 Honour the refspec when updating refs after importSverre Rabbelier, Nov 4, 2009
  11. Daniel BarkalowNov 4, 2009
  12. Sverre RabbelierNov 4, 2009
  13. Daniel BarkalowNov 4, 2009
  14. Sverre RabbelierNov 5, 2009
  15. Daniel BarkalowNov 5, 2009
  16. Daniel BarkalowNov 5, 2009
  17. Sverre RabbelierNov 5, 2009
  18. Daniel BarkalowNov 6, 2009
  19. Sverre RabbelierNov 6, 2009
  20. Daniel BarkalowNov 6, 2009
  21. Junio C HamanoNov 6, 2009
  22. 10/13 Allow helpers to report in "list" command that the ref is unchangedSverre Rabbelier, Nov 4, 2009
  23. 11/13 Allow helpers to request the path to the .git directorySverre Rabbelier, Nov 4, 2009
  24. Daniel BarkalowNov 4, 2009
  25. Sverre RabbelierNov 4, 2009
  26. Daniel BarkalowNov 4, 2009
  27. Sverre RabbelierNov 4, 2009
  28. Daniel BarkalowNov 4, 2009
  29. Sverre RabbelierNov 4, 2009
  30. Daniel BarkalowNov 4, 2009
  31. Junio C HamanoNov 5, 2009
  32. Sverre RabbelierNov 5, 2009
  33. 12/13 Basic build infrastructure for Python scriptsSverre Rabbelier, Nov 4, 2009
  34. 13/13 Add Python support library for remote helpersSverre Rabbelier, Nov 4, 2009
  35. Johan HerlandNov 5, 2009
  36. Sverre RabbelierNov 6, 2009

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