From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
Dmitry Ivankov <divanorama@gmail.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] clone: always fetch remote HEAD
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 01:43:03 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110603054303.GA5341@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTim03_3DLdDkc3QgFrcUa0Fqhhqnbw@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Jun 03, 2011 at 12:36:50AM -0500, Sverre Rabbelier wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 00:18, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
> > So I guess it doesn't like us asking for HEAD. But the fact that it
> > sends weird data to fast-import instead of saying "hey, HEAD doesn't
> > exist" has me confused. I'm not sure if this is something one should not
> > be doing with remote helpers, or if the testgit helper is simply buggy
> > or incomplete.
>
> Definitely the latter, quite possibly the former. I don't know if
> asking for "HEAD" makes much sense in a remote-helper context though.
> In Mercurial it does (e.g., tip), and in svn sort of, but I don't know
> about other vcs-es. Perhaps it should be guarded by a capability?
Yeah, I think it depends on the helper. Definitely smart-http should be
able to do it. But protecting it with a capability does make sense, and
then remote helpers can opt into it.
-Peff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-06-03 5:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-01 21:30 git clone (ssh://) skips detached HEAD Dmitry Ivankov
2011-06-01 22:05 ` Jeff King
2011-06-01 22:18 ` Dmitry Ivankov
2011-06-01 22:22 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-06-01 22:47 ` Jeff King
2011-06-01 22:53 ` Jeff King
2011-06-03 5:09 ` Jeff King
2011-06-03 5:10 ` [PATCH 1/3] t: add tests for cloning remotes with " Jeff King
2011-06-03 5:11 ` [PATCH 2/3] consider only branches in guess_remote_head Jeff King
2011-06-03 5:18 ` [PATCH 3/3] clone: always fetch remote HEAD Jeff King
2011-06-03 5:36 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2011-06-03 5:43 ` Jeff King [this message]
2011-06-03 14:51 ` Jeff King
2011-06-03 16:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-06-03 18:10 ` Jeff King
2011-06-04 1:50 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2011-06-06 16:08 ` Jeff King
2011-06-06 0:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-06-06 1:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-06-06 13:05 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2011-06-06 13:57 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-06-06 16:11 ` Jeff King
2011-06-06 19:05 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2011-06-07 17:10 ` Jeff King
2011-06-07 17:20 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2011-06-07 17:18 ` [PATCH 0/8] minor import/export remote helper fixes Jeff King
2011-06-07 17:19 ` [PATCH 1/8] transport-helper: fix minor leak in push_refs_with_export Jeff King
2011-06-07 17:19 ` [PATCH 2/8] git-remote-testgit: exit gracefully after push Jeff King
2011-06-07 17:48 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2011-06-07 17:20 ` [PATCH 3/8] t5800: factor out some ref tests Jeff King
2011-06-07 17:22 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2011-06-07 17:20 ` [PATCH 4/8] t5800: document some non-functional parts of remote helpers Jeff King
2011-06-07 17:25 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2011-06-07 17:28 ` Jeff King
2011-06-07 17:34 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2011-06-07 17:51 ` Jeff King
2011-06-07 17:53 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2011-06-07 17:55 ` Jeff King
2011-06-08 23:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-06-09 0:11 ` Jeff King
2011-06-09 0:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-06-09 0:45 ` Jeff King
2011-06-09 6:20 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2011-06-07 17:20 ` [PATCH 5/8] teach remote-testgit to import non-HEAD refs Jeff King
2011-06-08 23:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-06-09 0:17 ` Jeff King
2011-06-07 17:21 ` [PATCH 6/8] teach remote-testgit to import multiple refs Jeff King
2011-06-07 17:21 ` [PATCH 7/8] transport-helper: don't feed bogus refs to export push Jeff King
2011-06-07 17:31 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2011-06-07 17:21 ` [PATCH 8/8] git_remote_helpers: push all refs during a non-local export Jeff King
2011-06-07 17:32 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2011-06-07 17:42 ` Jeff King
2011-06-07 17:44 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2011-06-06 20:31 ` [PATCH 3/3] clone: always fetch remote HEAD Junio C Hamano
2011-06-06 22:08 ` Jeff King
2011-06-07 23:01 ` Jeff King
2011-06-07 23:03 ` [PATCH 1/2] make copy_ref globally available Jeff King
2011-06-07 23:03 ` [PATCH 2/2] clone: always fetch remote HEAD Jeff King
2011-06-07 23:18 ` [PATCH 3/3] " Junio C Hamano
2011-06-03 16:11 ` git clone (ssh://) skips detached HEAD Junio C Hamano
2011-06-03 18:48 ` Jeff King
2011-06-01 22:42 ` Jakub Narebski
2011-06-01 22:51 ` Jeff King
2011-06-02 20:02 ` Jakub Narebski
2011-06-03 2:52 ` Jeff King
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