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Re: Git mirror - bidrectional
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David Reitter |
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Re: Git mirror - bidrectional |
Date: |
Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:34:52 -0500 |
On Jan 13, 2010, at 8:58 PM, Ken Raeburn wrote:
> Does the git protocol allow the server to send arbitrary messages for
> presentation to the user? "Your patch is very important to us. Please stay
> on the line...." :-)
Yes it does. "Both standard output and standard error output are forwarded to
git-send-pack on the other end, so you can simply echo messages for the user."
>> The alternative would be to do it asynchronously and undo the push if it
>> fails (a "git reset" is trivial). The user
>> could then only be notified by e-mail.
>
> I think I'd rather have the interactive delay. If it proves to be too much,
> I can simply bury that window and look at it later.
I tend to agree. Failure after a long wait (context switch, cognitively
speaking) is bad, but we can keep the likelihood of such failures down if we
bzr>git sync often.
I would volunteer to set up an experimental server if I was willing to touch
bzr and bzr importing/exporting again.
But the concept is in place it seems. Anyone?
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Re: Git mirror - bidrectional, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2010/01/13
Re: Git mirror - bidrectional, Dan Nicolaescu, 2010/01/13