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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] git-remote-fd
From: Ilari Liusvaara <ilari.liusvaara () elisanet ! fi>
Date: 2010-09-30 13:44:04
Message-ID: 20100930134404.GA22521 () LK-Perkele-V2 ! elisa-laajakaista ! fi
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On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 08:14:40AM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Hi Ilari,
>
> Ilari Liusvaara wrote:
>
> > This remote helper reflects raw smart remote transport stream back to the
> > calling program. This is useful for example if some UI wants to handle
> > ssh itself and not use hacks via GIT_SSH.
>
> Do you ever use this directly, or is it a "because we can" sort of thing?
> Whenever I try to come up with an example, ext:: seems to be easier.
I don't have any UIs that would want to override SSH, git:// or something
like that, so no. ext:: sees lots of internal use.
> > +<anything> can be any string. It is ignored. It is meant for provoding
> > +information to user in form of "URL".
>
> Is this meant for future expansion? Why not just use a comment in
> .git/config?
These URLs are not meant to go into .git/config.
> > +EXAMPLES:
> > +---------
> > +"fd::17"::
> > + Connect using socket in file descriptor #17.
>
> Maybe with more context?
>
> socat ... "git push fd::3 HEAD" ...
More like something execing git, having open connection to some git repo.
If you want stuff like that (using socat to establish connections), use
ext::
-Ilari
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