For some fast-import commands (e.g. cat-blob) an answer-channel
is required. For this purpose a fifo (aka named pipe) (mkfifo)
is created (.git/fast-import-report-fifo) by the transport-helper
when fetch via import is requested. The remote-helper and
fast-import open the ends of the pipe.
The
Hi,
Florian Achleitner wrote:
[Subject: Re: [RFC 4/4 v3] Add cat-blob report fifo from fast-import to
remote-helper.]
Is this on top of patches 1, 2, and 3 from v2 of the series?
*checks* Looks like it doesn't overlap with any of the files from
those patches, so I don't have to understand
On Saturday 21 July 2012 09:48:34 Jonathan Nieder wrote:
To sum up: I think we should just stick to pipes --- why all this fifo
complication?
People didn't like pipe variant (prexec_cb not being compatible to windows'
process creation model), so I learned about fifos and implemented a (basic)
Florian Achleitner wrote:
On Saturday 21 July 2012 09:48:34 Jonathan Nieder wrote:
To sum up: I think we should just stick to pipes --- why all this fifo
complication?
People didn't like pipe variant (prexec_cb not being compatible to windows'
process creation model), so I learned about
(adding msysgit list to cc for a Windows question)
Hi,
(regarding bidirectional communication between git and fast-import for
remote helpers)
Florian Achleitner wrote:
People didn't like pipe variant (prexec_cb not being compatible to windows'
process creation model), so I learned about fifos
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