Re: [PATHv2 7/8] gitweb: embed snapshot format parameter in PATH_INFO

["Giuseppe Bilotta" <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 1:18 AM, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Oct 2008, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:
>
> I'm sorry for the delay.

No problem.

>> When PATH_INFO is active, get rid of the sf CGI parameter by embedding
>> the snapshot format information in the PATH_INFO URL, in the form of an
>> appropriate extension.
>
> The question is: should we use format suffix (e.g. 'tar.gz'),
> or format name (e.g. 'tgz')?  The latter is later easier to parse,
> see comments to first patch in better snapshot support for path_info.

I think it's essentially a matter of deciding which extension to use
by default on output, and accepting either extension on input.


>> +             # since we destructively absorb parameters, we keep this
>> +             # boolean that remembers if we're handling a snapshot
>> +             my $is_snapshot = $params{'action'} eq 'snapshot';
>> +
>
> Side note: we destructively absorb parameters, because parameters
> which are not absorbed are then used to generate query string part
> of URL.
>
> Deleting parameter but remembering the fact that it was used is one
> (but not only) solution.

Well, in the specific case of the 'action' parameter we could just
keep it around and only discard it at the end.

>> +                     if (!$fmt) {
>> +                             my @snapshot_fmts = gitweb_check_feature('snapshot');
>> +                             @snapshot_fmts = filter_snapshot_fmts(@snapshot_fmts);
>> +                             $fmt = $snapshot_fmts[0];
>> +                     }
>
> I anderstand that the above code is improved with new patch?

Yup, I followed your suggestion of putting the refactoring earlier.

>> +                     $href .= $known_snapshot_formats{$fmt}{'suffix'};
>
> Again: should we use snapshot prefix, or snapshot name, which means here
> do we use $known_snapshot_formats{$fmt}{'suffix'}; or just $fmt; ?

I really don't know, either is fine for me.

Maybe using $fmt has the benefit that it copes better with some buggy
versions of some browser (like Opera) that tend to strip the .gz from
.tar.gz files ...


-- 
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta