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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6 (v2)] upload-pack: send the HEAD information
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:31:16 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7vk5ajqs63.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081201174414.GA22185@coredump.intra.peff.net> (Jeff King's message of "Mon, 1 Dec 2008 12:44:15 -0500")

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 06:12:54AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> +			packet_write(1, "%s %s%c%s%c%s\n", sha1_to_hex(sha1), refname,
>> +				     0, capabilities, 0, target);
>
> Yuck. My two complaints are:
>
>   (1) this implicitly handles only the HEAD symref.

But this information *is* on the "40-hex name" line that describes the
HEAD ;-)

You can trivially extend it to add this to other symbolic refs if you are
interested.  I wasn't.

  reply	other threads:[~2008-12-02  1:33 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 [this message]
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 ` [PATCH 0/6 (v2)] Detecting HEAD more reliably while cloning Johannes Sixt
2008-12-02  1:33   ` Junio C Hamano

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