Re: [PATCH/RFC] remote-helper: allow fetch to discover sha1 later

2012-09-14 Thread Devin J. Pohly
On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 11:10:26PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > I do not think it is a good idea to allow such a helper to claim that > it supports "fetch" capability, for at least two reasons: > > * Being able to "list" is essential for "fetch" based helpers. >think, far from "arbitrary".

Re: [PATCH/RFC] remote-helper: allow fetch to discover sha1 later

2012-09-13 Thread Junio C Hamano
"Devin J. Pohly" writes: > From: "Devin J. Pohly" > > Allow a fetch-style remote helper to issue the notification > ref > to specify a ref's value during the fetch operation. > > Currently, a remote helper with the "fetch" capability cannot fetch a > ref unless its sha1 was known when the "l