Re: [PATCH 0/2] builtin/clone: allow remote helpers to detect repo

[Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>]

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On Tue, Feb 27, 2024 at 01:33:55PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
> 
> > Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> this patch series addresses a regression reported by Mike in Git v2.44
> >> where remote helpers cannot access the Git repository anymore when
> >> running git-clone(1).
> >> ...
> >>  builtin/clone.c            | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>  refs/reftable-backend.c    |  1 +
> >
> > Sorry, but this confuses me.  Was a regression really in v2.44.0,
> > where refs/reftable-backend.c did not even exist?  If so why does a
> > fix for it need to touch that file?
> >
> > Thanks.
> 
> I guess [2/2] alone is the fix to be applied directly on top of v2.44.0
> and eventually be merged to 'maint' to become v2.44.1 release, while
> [1/2] is necessary to adjust reftable backend when such a fix is
> merged to more recent codebase that already has the reftable
> backend?

Yes, exactly! Sorry, should've explained this more thoroughly.

Patrick

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