remote-helpers: allow requesing the path to the .git directory
The 'gitdir' capability is reported by the remote helper if it requires the location of the .git directory. The location of the .git directory can then be used by the helper to store status files even when the current directory is not a git repository (such as is the case when cloning). The location of the .git dir is specified as an absolute path. Signed-off-by: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Sverre Rabbelier committed
Mar 29, 2010 at 11:48 UTC
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transport-helper.c
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@@ -170,6 +170,11 @@ static struct child_process *get_helper(struct transport *transport)
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refspecs[refspec_nr++] = strdup(buf.buf + strlen("refspec "));
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} else if (!strcmp(capname, "connect")) {
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data->connect = 1;
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+ } else if (!strcmp(buf.buf, "gitdir")) {
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+ struct strbuf gitdir = STRBUF_INIT;
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+ strbuf_addf(&gitdir, "gitdir %s\n", get_git_dir());
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+ sendline(data, &gitdir);
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+ strbuf_release(&gitdir);
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} else if (mandatory) {
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die("Unknown mandatory capability %s. This remote "
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"helper probably needs newer version of Git.\n",