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From: Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/2] Documentation/remote-helpers: Rewrite description
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:25:35 +0800
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Hi,

regarding...

On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 2:03 AM, Ramkumar Ramachandra
<artagnon@gmail.com> wrote:
> [snip] Also mention the curl family of
> remote helpers as an example.

and...

> +Git comes with a "curl" family of remote helpers, specifically
> +'git-remote-http', 'git-remote-https', 'git-remote-ftp' and
> +'git-remote-ftps'. They implement the capabilities 'fetch', 'option',
> +and 'push'.

I think "family" is confusing. They're all symlinks of
git-remote-curl, if I remember correctly.

But then, I suspect you'll be rewriting this portion, since Ilari's
notes has a thing or two why helper names have the protocol in them.

-- 
Cheers,
Ray Chuan