Re: [PoC PATCH JGIT 0/2] Proof of concept code for Git Freenet transport

[Daniel Cheng <j16sdiz+freenet-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Daniel Cheng (aka SDiZ)
<j16sdiz+freenet-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hi JGit / Freenet community,
>
> Here is some proof-of-concept code for Git-over-Freenet.
> I am sending this to see the feedback from communities.

Sorry, all. The code I have posted wasn't work.
(the pack file is missing on push, only idx files are pushed)

The new, fixed code is now available at http://github.com/j16sdiz/egit-freenet/
Please use this repository if you want to actually try it.

>
> The code need some more cleanups, so it it is not ready for apply (yet).
>
> This is a real-life example
>
> Push:
>   $ git remote add fcp fcp://SSK@[my public key]^[my private key]/test.git
>   $ ./jgit push fcp refs/remotes/origin/stable:refs/heads/master
>
>  /ALTERNATIVLY/
>
>   Insert a bare repository under USK@<.....>/test.git/-1/
>
> Pull:
>  $ ./jgit clone fcp://SSK@[my public key]^[my private key]/test.git
>
>
> To workaround the metadata update problem, this client translate the
> path seperator to "-", that means:
>
> On push:
>   objects/aa/bbbbbbbb   --> USK@..../test.git-objects-aa-bbbbbbb/-1/
>   refs/heads/xxx        --> USK@..../test.git-objects-ref-heads-xxx/-1/
>
> On pull:
>   To support uploading from jSite,
>    when we load the info/refs we first check USK@..../test.git-info-refs/-1/
>    if it is unavailiable, we would use USK@..../test.git/-1/info/refs
>
>   The "traditional" type (USK@..../test.git/-1/objects) repository is
>   always added as an alternative objects database. No other info/alternatives
>   are supported
>
> FIXME:
>  - How to store the private key of repository?
>   Currently, we use URI of form fcp://SSK@<public key>^<private key>/some-id
>   This is quite ugly. Could we use a per remote Config ? How can I get remote
>   name from transport?
>
>  - Make pushing async, could we?
>
>
>