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From: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6 (v2)] Detecting HEAD more reliably while cloning
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:52:11 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4934082B.5050802@viscovery.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1228140775-29212-1-git-send-email-gitster@pobox.com>

Junio C Hamano schrieb:
> Instead of introducing a full-fledged protocol extension, this round hides
> the new information in the same place as the server capabilities list that
> is used to implement protocol extension is hidden from older clients.

Not that it makes a lot of difference, but why do you want to *hide* the
information? Can't we just have a capability-with-parameter:

 ... shallow no-progress include-tag head=refs/heads/foo\ bar ...

(with spaces and backslashes escaped)?

-- Hannes

  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-12-01 15:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-12-01 14:12 [PATCH 0/6 (v2)] Detecting HEAD more reliably while cloning Junio C Hamano
2008-12-01 14:12 ` [PATCH 1/6 (v2)] get_remote_heads(): refactor code to read "server capabilities" Junio C Hamano
2008-12-01 14:12   ` [PATCH 2/6 (v2)] connect.c::read_extra_info(): prepare to receive more than server capabilities Junio C Hamano
2008-12-01 14:12     ` [PATCH 3/6 (v2)] connect.c::read_extra_info(): find where HEAD points at Junio C Hamano
2008-12-01 14:12       ` [PATCH 4/6 (v2)] clone: find the current branch more explicitly Junio C Hamano
2008-12-01 14:12         ` [PATCH 5/6 (v2)] upload-pack: send the HEAD information Junio C Hamano
2008-12-01 14:12           ` [PATCH 6/6 (v2)] clone: test the new HEAD detection logic Junio C Hamano
2008-12-01 15:40           ` [PATCH 5/6 (v2)] upload-pack: send the HEAD information Jakub Narebski
2008-12-01 16:20           ` Shawn O. Pearce
2008-12-01 19:54             ` Junio C Hamano
2008-12-01 17:44           ` Jeff King
2008-12-02  1:31             ` Junio C Hamano
2008-12-02  1:59               ` Jeff King
2008-12-02  2:20                 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-12-02  2:36                   ` Jeff King
2008-12-01 15:52 ` Johannes Sixt [this message]
2008-12-02  1:33   ` [PATCH 0/6 (v2)] Detecting HEAD more reliably while cloning Junio C Hamano

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