Re: [RFC PATCH v2 07/16] remote-helpers: Fetch more than one ref in a batch

["Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org>]

Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Oct 2009, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:
> > Some network protocols (e.g. native git://) are able to fetch more
> > than one ref at a time and reduce the overall transfer cost by
> > combining the requests into a single exchange.  Instead of feeding
> > each fetch request one at a time to the helper, feed all of them
> > at once so the helper can decide whether or not it should batch them.
> > 
> > Because 'fetch' was already released in 1.6.5 we introduce the new
> > fetch-multiple capability/command to signal that the helper wants
> > to use batch oriented approach to fetching refs.
> 
> In 1.6.5, there's no way to call a helper other than git-remote-curl, and 
> no way to call git-remote-curl unless 1.6.5 was built with it. So I think 
> the protocol is not set in stone quite yet. It's documentated for being an 
> API, and it's supposed to be that, but it's not quite there in this 
> version.

I originally had this change as just redefining "fetch" to be batch
oriented and requiring a blank line to terminate the batch group,
but reconsidered when 1.6.5 shipped and I realized this code was
in 1.6.5.

But, yea, you are right, with no way to invoke anything except
remote-curl there really isn't that much of a problem if we change
the protocol.

-- 
Shawn.