From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Florian Achleitner <florian.achleitner.2.6.31@gmail.com>
Cc: David Michael Barr <davidbarr@google.com>,
Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 4/4] Add cat-blob report pipe from fast-import to remote-helper.
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 09:43:21 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120606134320.GC2597@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5801019.gWQEmI8V81@flobuntu>
On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 12:16:25AM +0200, Florian Achleitner wrote:
> On Tuesday 05 June 2012 04:14:02 Jeff King wrote:
> > Is there a reason that the patch unconditionally creates the pipe in
> > get_helper? I.e., isn't it specific to the get_importer code path? It
> > feels a little hacky to have it infect the other code paths.
>
> I agree, it's a bit hacky. For me as a newbee, it was just a way to make fast-
> import have the pipe it needs. I didn't know about the history of the
> preexec_cb as a fix for a bug in less.
>
> The pipe is created unconditionally, because at the fork-time of the remote-
> helper it is not known whether the import command will be used later together
> with fast-import, or not. (and later, there's no way, I think).
> Helpers that don't use the pipe could simply ignore it.
Good point. I think we really are stuck with doing it in every case,
unless we want to turn to something that can be opened after the fact
(like a fifo).
-Peff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-06-06 13:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 57+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-06-04 17:20 [RFC 0/4] Florian Achleitner
2012-06-04 17:20 ` [RFC 1/4] Implement a basic remote helper vor svn in C Florian Achleitner
2012-06-04 17:20 ` [RFC 2/4] Integrate remote-svn into svn-fe/Makefile Florian Achleitner
2012-06-04 17:20 ` [RFC 3/4] Add svndump_init_fd to allow reading dumps from arbitrary FDs Florian Achleitner
2012-06-04 17:20 ` [RFC 4/4] Add cat-blob report pipe from fast-import to remote-helper Florian Achleitner
2012-06-05 1:33 ` David Michael Barr
2012-06-05 6:56 ` Jeff King
2012-06-05 7:07 ` David Michael Barr
2012-06-05 8:14 ` Jeff King
2012-06-05 22:16 ` Florian Achleitner
2012-06-06 13:43 ` Jeff King [this message]
2012-06-06 21:04 ` Florian Achleitner
2012-06-05 8:51 ` Johannes Sixt
2012-06-05 9:07 ` Jeff King
2012-06-05 22:17 ` Florian Achleitner
2012-06-05 9:09 ` Johannes Sixt
2012-06-05 1:21 ` [RFC 3/4] Add svndump_init_fd to allow reading dumps from arbitrary FDs David Michael Barr
2012-06-29 7:49 ` [RFC 0/4 v2] Florian Achleitner
2012-06-29 7:54 ` [RFC 1/4 v2] Implement a basic remote helper for svn in C Florian Achleitner
2012-07-02 11:07 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-07-06 0:30 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-07-06 10:39 ` Florian Achleitner
2012-07-26 8:31 ` Florian Achleitner
2012-07-26 9:08 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-07-26 16:16 ` Florian Achleitner
2012-07-28 7:00 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-07-30 8:12 ` Florian Achleitner
2012-07-30 8:29 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-07-30 13:55 ` Florian Achleitner
2012-07-30 16:55 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-07-31 19:31 ` Florian Achleitner
2012-07-31 22:43 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-08-01 8:25 ` Florian Achleitner
2012-08-01 19:42 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-08-12 10:06 ` Florian Achleitner
2012-08-12 16:12 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-08-12 19:39 ` Florian Achleitner
2012-08-12 20:10 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-08-12 19:36 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-07-26 17:29 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-07-30 8:12 ` Florian Achleitner
2012-07-26 9:45 ` Steven Michalske
[not found] ` <358E6F1E-8BAD-4F82-B270-0233AB86EF66@gmail.com>
2012-07-26 11:40 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-07-26 14:28 ` Florian Achleitner
2012-07-26 14:54 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-07-27 7:23 ` Florian Achleitner
2012-07-28 6:54 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-06-29 7:58 ` [RFC 2/4 v2] Integrate remote-svn into svn-fe/Makefile Florian Achleitner
2012-06-29 7:59 ` [RFC 3/4 v2] Add svndump_init_fd to allow reading dumps from arbitrary FDs Florian Achleitner
2012-06-29 8:00 ` [RFC 4/4 v2] Add cat-blob report fifo from fast-import to remote-helper Florian Achleitner
2012-07-21 12:45 ` [RFC 4/4 v3] " Florian Achleitner
2012-07-21 14:48 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-07-21 15:24 ` Florian Achleitner
2012-07-21 15:44 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-07-22 21:03 ` Florian Achleitner
2012-07-22 21:24 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-07-21 15:58 ` Jonathan Nieder
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