Re: [PATCH 2/2] http-push: remove MOVE step after PUT when sending objects to server

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> The point is: the repository inside the document root of the web server is 
> still a valid repository.
>
> And the assumption is that whenever you have a file that looks like a 
> valid object/pack inside a valid repository, that it does not need 
> replacing.
>
> So even when optimizing the uncommon (HTTP push is 2nd class citizen), we 
> have to keep the common workflow intact (1st class citizens _are_ push by 
> file system, ssh or git://).

The first class citizens are "local use", not "copying out of the area
that looks like a repository only to http:// transport users".

> Which unfortunately means that put && move must stay.

I still do not understand why it is unfortunate.

As far as I understand, Ray's issue was that his filesystem did not like
the temporary file name that is used for the initial "put" phase because
it contained a character it did not like (colon, perhaps).  Why isn't the
patch about changing _that_ single issue?