Re: [PATCH 7/7] Turn `git serve` into a test helper

> "Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
> writes:
>
> > From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
> >
> > The `git serve` built-in was introduced in ed10cb952d31 (serve:
> > introduce git-serve, 2018-03-15) as a backend to serve Git protocol v2,
> > probably originally intended to be spawned by `git upload-pack`.
> >
> > However, in the version that the protocol v2 patches made it into core
> > Git, `git upload-pack` calls the `serve()` function directly instead of
> > spawning `git serve`; The only reason in life for `git serve` to survive
> > as a built-in command is to provide a way to test the protocol v2
> > functionality.
> >
> > Meaning that it does not even have to be a built-in that is installed
> > with end-user facing Git installations, but it can be a test helper
> > instead.
> >
> > Let's make it so.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
>
> I've excluded this step from tonight's pushout, as I would want to

> hear from the people on the other side who have (once) thought that
> this was an addition we would want to have, before we remove/demote
> it.
>
> I do not personally think, as the design of v2 stands, a standalone
> "serve" server that "can serve anything as long as it goes over
> protocol v2" makes much sense, but perhaps those who have been doing
> the v2 work may have different ideas, in which case let's hear what
> their plans are.