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#include "cache.h"
#include "commit.h"
#include "tree-walk.h"
#include "attr.h"
#include "archive.h"
#include "parse-options.h"
#include "unpack-trees.h"
static char const * const archive_usage[] = {
N_("git archive [options] <tree-ish> [<path>...]"),
N_("git archive --list"),
N_("git archive --remote <repo> [--exec <cmd>] [options] <tree-ish> [<path>...]"),
N_("git archive --remote <repo> [--exec <cmd>] --list"),
NULL
};
static const struct archiver **archivers;
static int nr_archivers;
static int alloc_archivers;
void register_archiver(struct archiver *ar)
{
ALLOC_GROW(archivers, nr_archivers + 1, alloc_archivers);
archivers[nr_archivers++] = ar;
}
static void format_subst(const struct commit *commit,
const char *src, size_t len,
struct strbuf *buf)
{
char *to_free = NULL;
struct strbuf fmt = STRBUF_INIT;
struct pretty_print_context ctx = {0};
ctx.date_mode = DATE_NORMAL;
ctx.abbrev = DEFAULT_ABBREV;
if (src == buf->buf)
to_free = strbuf_detach(buf, NULL);
for (;;) {
const char *b, *c;
b = memmem(src, len, "$Format:", 8);
if (!b)
break;
c = memchr(b + 8, '$', (src + len) - b - 8);
if (!c)
break;
strbuf_reset(&fmt);
strbuf_add(&fmt, b + 8, c - b - 8);
strbuf_add(buf, src, b - src);
format_commit_message(commit, fmt.buf, buf, &ctx);
len -= c + 1 - src;
src = c + 1;
}
strbuf_add(buf, src, len);
strbuf_release(&fmt);
free(to_free);
}
void *sha1_file_to_archive(const struct archiver_args *args,
const char *path, const unsigned char *sha1,
unsigned int mode, enum object_type *type,
unsigned long *sizep)
{
void *buffer;
const struct commit *commit = args->convert ? args->commit : NULL;
path += args->baselen;
buffer = read_sha1_file(sha1, type, sizep);
if (buffer && S_ISREG(mode)) {
struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
size_t size = 0;
strbuf_attach(&buf, buffer, *sizep, *sizep + 1);
convert_to_working_tree(path, buf.buf, buf.len, &buf);
if (commit)
format_subst(commit, buf.buf, buf.len, &buf);
buffer = strbuf_detach(&buf, &size);
*sizep = size;
}
return buffer;
}
static void setup_archive_check(struct git_attr_check *check)
{
static struct git_attr *attr_export_ignore;
static struct git_attr *attr_export_subst;
if (!attr_export_ignore) {
attr_export_ignore = git_attr("export-ignore");
attr_export_subst = git_attr("export-subst");
}
check[0].attr = attr_export_ignore;
check[1].attr = attr_export_subst;
}
struct archiver_context {
struct archiver_args *args;
write_archive_entry_fn_t write_entry;
};
static int write_archive_entry(const unsigned char *sha1, const char *base,
int baselen, const char *filename, unsigned mode, int stage,
void *context)
{
static struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT;
struct archiver_context *c = context;
struct archiver_args *args = c->args;
write_archive_entry_fn_t write_entry = c->write_entry;
struct git_attr_check check[2];
const char *path_without_prefix;
int err;
args->convert = 0;
strbuf_reset(&path);
strbuf_grow(&path, PATH_MAX);
strbuf_add(&path, args->base, args->baselen);
strbuf_add(&path, base, baselen);
strbuf_addstr(&path, filename);
if (S_ISDIR(mode) || S_ISGITLINK(mode))
strbuf_addch(&path, '/');
path_without_prefix = path.buf + args->baselen;
setup_archive_check(check);
if (!git_check_attr(path_without_prefix, ARRAY_SIZE(check), check)) {
if (ATTR_TRUE(check[0].value))
return 0;
args->convert = ATTR_TRUE(check[1].value);
}
if (S_ISDIR(mode) || S_ISGITLINK(mode)) {
if (args->verbose)
fprintf(stderr, "%.*s\n", (int)path.len, path.buf);
err = write_entry(args, sha1, path.buf, path.len, mode);
if (err)
return err;
return (S_ISDIR(mode) ? READ_TREE_RECURSIVE : 0);
}
if (args->verbose)
fprintf(stderr, "%.*s\n", (int)path.len, path.buf);
return write_entry(args, sha1, path.buf, path.len, mode);
}
int write_archive_entries(struct archiver_args *args,
write_archive_entry_fn_t write_entry)
{
struct archiver_context context;
struct unpack_trees_options opts;
struct tree_desc t;
struct pathspec pathspec;
int err;
if (args->baselen > 0 && args->base[args->baselen - 1] == '/') {
size_t len = args->baselen;
while (len > 1 && args->base[len - 2] == '/')
len--;
if (args->verbose)
fprintf(stderr, "%.*s\n", (int)len, args->base);
err = write_entry(args, args->tree->object.sha1, args->base,
len, 040777);
if (err)
return err;
}
context.args = args;
context.write_entry = write_entry;
/*
* Setup index and instruct attr to read index only
*/
if (!args->worktree_attributes) {
memset(&opts, 0, sizeof(opts));
opts.index_only = 1;
opts.head_idx = -1;
opts.src_index = &the_index;
opts.dst_index = &the_index;
opts.fn = oneway_merge;
init_tree_desc(&t, args->tree->buffer, args->tree->size);
if (unpack_trees(1, &t, &opts))
return -1;
git_attr_set_direction(GIT_ATTR_INDEX, &the_index);
}
init_pathspec(&pathspec, args->pathspec);
err = read_tree_recursive(args->tree, "", 0, 0, &pathspec,
write_archive_entry, &context);
free_pathspec(&pathspec);
if (err == READ_TREE_RECURSIVE)
err = 0;
return err;
}
static const struct archiver *lookup_archiver(const char *name)
{
int i;
if (!name)
return NULL;
for (i = 0; i < nr_archivers; i++) {
if (!strcmp(name, archivers[i]->name))
return archivers[i];
}
return NULL;
}
static int reject_entry(const unsigned char *sha1, const char *base,
int baselen, const char *filename, unsigned mode,
int stage, void *context)
{
return -1;
}
static int path_exists(struct tree *tree, const char *path)
{
const char *paths[] = { path, NULL };
struct pathspec pathspec;
int ret;
init_pathspec(&pathspec, paths);
ret = read_tree_recursive(tree, "", 0, 0, &pathspec, reject_entry, NULL);
free_pathspec(&pathspec);
return ret != 0;
}
static void parse_pathspec_arg(const char **pathspec,
struct archiver_args *ar_args)
{
ar_args->pathspec = pathspec = get_pathspec("", pathspec);
if (pathspec) {
while (*pathspec) {
if (!path_exists(ar_args->tree, *pathspec))
die("path not found: %s", *pathspec);
pathspec++;
}
}
}
static void parse_treeish_arg(const char **argv,
struct archiver_args *ar_args, const char *prefix,
int remote)
{
const char *name = argv[0];
const unsigned char *commit_sha1;
time_t archive_time;
struct tree *tree;
const struct commit *commit;
unsigned char sha1[20];
/* Remotes are only allowed to fetch actual refs */
if (remote) {
char *ref = NULL;
const char *colon = strchr(name, ':');
int refnamelen = colon ? colon - name : strlen(name);
if (!dwim_ref(name, refnamelen, sha1, &ref))
die("no such ref: %.*s", refnamelen, name);
free(ref);
}
if (get_sha1(name, sha1))
die("Not a valid object name");
commit = lookup_commit_reference_gently(sha1, 1);
if (commit) {
commit_sha1 = commit->object.sha1;
archive_time = commit->date;
} else {
commit_sha1 = NULL;
archive_time = time(NULL);
}
tree = parse_tree_indirect(sha1);
if (tree == NULL)
die("not a tree object");
if (prefix) {
unsigned char tree_sha1[20];
unsigned int mode;
int err;
err = get_tree_entry(tree->object.sha1, prefix,
tree_sha1, &mode);
if (err || !S_ISDIR(mode))
die("current working directory is untracked");
tree = parse_tree_indirect(tree_sha1);
}
ar_args->tree = tree;
ar_args->commit_sha1 = commit_sha1;
ar_args->commit = commit;
ar_args->time = archive_time;
}
#define OPT__COMPR(s, v, h, p) \
{ OPTION_SET_INT, (s), NULL, (v), NULL, (h), \
PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG, NULL, (p) }
#define OPT__COMPR_HIDDEN(s, v, p) \
{ OPTION_SET_INT, (s), NULL, (v), NULL, "", \
PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG | PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN, NULL, (p) }
static int parse_archive_args(int argc, const char **argv,
archive: move file extension format-guessing lower The process for guessing an archive output format based on the filename is something like this: a. parse --output in cmd_archive; check the filename against a static set of mapping heuristics (right now it just matches ".zip" for zip files). b. if found, stick a fake "--format=zip" at the beginning of the arguments list (if the user did specify a --format manually, the later option will override our fake one) c. if it's a remote call, ship the arguments to the remote (including the fake), which will call write_archive on their end d. if it's local, ship the arguments to write_archive locally There are two problems: 1. The set of mappings is static and at too high a level. The write_archive level is going to check config for user-defined formats, some of which will specify extensions. We need to delay lookup until those are parsed, so we can match against them. 2. For a remote archive call, our set of mappings (or formats) may not match the remote side's. This is OK in practice right now, because all versions of git understand "zip" and "tar". But as new formats are added, there is going to be a mismatch between what the client can do and what the remote server can do. To fix (1), this patch refactors the location guessing to happen at the write_archive level, instead of the cmd_archive level. So instead of sticking a fake --format field in the argv list, we actually pass a "name hint" down the callchain; this hint is used at the appropriate time to guess the format (if one hasn't been given already). This patch leaves (2) unfixed. The name_hint is converted to a "--format" option as before, and passed to the remote. This means the local side's idea of how extensions map to formats will take precedence. Another option would be to pass the name hint to the remote side and let the remote choose. This isn't a good idea for two reasons: 1. There's no room in the protocol for passing that information. We can pass a new argument, but older versions of git on the server will choke on it. 2. Letting the remote side decide creates a silent inconsistency in user experience. Consider the case that the locally installed git knows about the "tar.gz" format, but a remote server doesn't. Running "git archive -o foo.tar.gz" will use the tar.gz format. If we use --remote, and the local side chooses the format, then we send "--format=tar.gz" to the remote, which will complain about the unknown format. But if we let the remote side choose the format, then it will realize that it doesn't know about "tar.gz" and output uncompressed tar without even issuing a warning. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-06-22 01:24:48 +00:00
const struct archiver **ar, struct archiver_args *args,
const char *name_hint, int is_remote)
{
archive: move file extension format-guessing lower The process for guessing an archive output format based on the filename is something like this: a. parse --output in cmd_archive; check the filename against a static set of mapping heuristics (right now it just matches ".zip" for zip files). b. if found, stick a fake "--format=zip" at the beginning of the arguments list (if the user did specify a --format manually, the later option will override our fake one) c. if it's a remote call, ship the arguments to the remote (including the fake), which will call write_archive on their end d. if it's local, ship the arguments to write_archive locally There are two problems: 1. The set of mappings is static and at too high a level. The write_archive level is going to check config for user-defined formats, some of which will specify extensions. We need to delay lookup until those are parsed, so we can match against them. 2. For a remote archive call, our set of mappings (or formats) may not match the remote side's. This is OK in practice right now, because all versions of git understand "zip" and "tar". But as new formats are added, there is going to be a mismatch between what the client can do and what the remote server can do. To fix (1), this patch refactors the location guessing to happen at the write_archive level, instead of the cmd_archive level. So instead of sticking a fake --format field in the argv list, we actually pass a "name hint" down the callchain; this hint is used at the appropriate time to guess the format (if one hasn't been given already). This patch leaves (2) unfixed. The name_hint is converted to a "--format" option as before, and passed to the remote. This means the local side's idea of how extensions map to formats will take precedence. Another option would be to pass the name hint to the remote side and let the remote choose. This isn't a good idea for two reasons: 1. There's no room in the protocol for passing that information. We can pass a new argument, but older versions of git on the server will choke on it. 2. Letting the remote side decide creates a silent inconsistency in user experience. Consider the case that the locally installed git knows about the "tar.gz" format, but a remote server doesn't. Running "git archive -o foo.tar.gz" will use the tar.gz format. If we use --remote, and the local side chooses the format, then we send "--format=tar.gz" to the remote, which will complain about the unknown format. But if we let the remote side choose the format, then it will realize that it doesn't know about "tar.gz" and output uncompressed tar without even issuing a warning. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-06-22 01:24:48 +00:00
const char *format = NULL;
const char *base = NULL;
const char *remote = NULL;
const char *exec = NULL;
const char *output = NULL;
int compression_level = -1;
int verbose = 0;
int i;
int list = 0;
int worktree_attributes = 0;
struct option opts[] = {
OPT_GROUP(""),
OPT_STRING(0, "format", &format, N_("fmt"), N_("archive format")),
OPT_STRING(0, "prefix", &base, N_("prefix"),
N_("prepend prefix to each pathname in the archive")),
OPT_STRING('o', "output", &output, N_("file"),
N_("write the archive to this file")),
OPT_BOOL(0, "worktree-attributes", &worktree_attributes,
N_("read .gitattributes in working directory")),
OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose, N_("report archived files on stderr")),
OPT__COMPR('0', &compression_level, N_("store only"), 0),
OPT__COMPR('1', &compression_level, N_("compress faster"), 1),
OPT__COMPR_HIDDEN('2', &compression_level, 2),
OPT__COMPR_HIDDEN('3', &compression_level, 3),
OPT__COMPR_HIDDEN('4', &compression_level, 4),
OPT__COMPR_HIDDEN('5', &compression_level, 5),
OPT__COMPR_HIDDEN('6', &compression_level, 6),
OPT__COMPR_HIDDEN('7', &compression_level, 7),
OPT__COMPR_HIDDEN('8', &compression_level, 8),
OPT__COMPR('9', &compression_level, N_("compress better"), 9),
OPT_GROUP(""),
OPT_BOOL('l', "list", &list,
N_("list supported archive formats")),
OPT_GROUP(""),
OPT_STRING(0, "remote", &remote, N_("repo"),
N_("retrieve the archive from remote repository <repo>")),
OPT_STRING(0, "exec", &exec, N_("command"),
N_("path to the remote git-upload-archive command")),
OPT_END()
};
argc = parse_options(argc, argv, NULL, opts, archive_usage, 0);
if (remote)
die("Unexpected option --remote");
if (exec)
die("Option --exec can only be used together with --remote");
if (output)
die("Unexpected option --output");
if (!base)
base = "";
if (list) {
for (i = 0; i < nr_archivers; i++)
if (!is_remote || archivers[i]->flags & ARCHIVER_REMOTE)
printf("%s\n", archivers[i]->name);
exit(0);
}
archive: move file extension format-guessing lower The process for guessing an archive output format based on the filename is something like this: a. parse --output in cmd_archive; check the filename against a static set of mapping heuristics (right now it just matches ".zip" for zip files). b. if found, stick a fake "--format=zip" at the beginning of the arguments list (if the user did specify a --format manually, the later option will override our fake one) c. if it's a remote call, ship the arguments to the remote (including the fake), which will call write_archive on their end d. if it's local, ship the arguments to write_archive locally There are two problems: 1. The set of mappings is static and at too high a level. The write_archive level is going to check config for user-defined formats, some of which will specify extensions. We need to delay lookup until those are parsed, so we can match against them. 2. For a remote archive call, our set of mappings (or formats) may not match the remote side's. This is OK in practice right now, because all versions of git understand "zip" and "tar". But as new formats are added, there is going to be a mismatch between what the client can do and what the remote server can do. To fix (1), this patch refactors the location guessing to happen at the write_archive level, instead of the cmd_archive level. So instead of sticking a fake --format field in the argv list, we actually pass a "name hint" down the callchain; this hint is used at the appropriate time to guess the format (if one hasn't been given already). This patch leaves (2) unfixed. The name_hint is converted to a "--format" option as before, and passed to the remote. This means the local side's idea of how extensions map to formats will take precedence. Another option would be to pass the name hint to the remote side and let the remote choose. This isn't a good idea for two reasons: 1. There's no room in the protocol for passing that information. We can pass a new argument, but older versions of git on the server will choke on it. 2. Letting the remote side decide creates a silent inconsistency in user experience. Consider the case that the locally installed git knows about the "tar.gz" format, but a remote server doesn't. Running "git archive -o foo.tar.gz" will use the tar.gz format. If we use --remote, and the local side chooses the format, then we send "--format=tar.gz" to the remote, which will complain about the unknown format. But if we let the remote side choose the format, then it will realize that it doesn't know about "tar.gz" and output uncompressed tar without even issuing a warning. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-06-22 01:24:48 +00:00
if (!format && name_hint)
format = archive_format_from_filename(name_hint);
if (!format)
format = "tar";
/* We need at least one parameter -- tree-ish */
if (argc < 1)
usage_with_options(archive_usage, opts);
*ar = lookup_archiver(format);
if (!*ar || (is_remote && !((*ar)->flags & ARCHIVER_REMOTE)))
die("Unknown archive format '%s'", format);
args->compression_level = Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION;
if (compression_level != -1) {
if ((*ar)->flags & ARCHIVER_WANT_COMPRESSION_LEVELS)
args->compression_level = compression_level;
else {
die("Argument not supported for format '%s': -%d",
format, compression_level);
}
}
args->verbose = verbose;
args->base = base;
args->baselen = strlen(base);
args->worktree_attributes = worktree_attributes;
return argc;
}
int write_archive(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
int setup_prefix, const char *name_hint, int remote)
{
int nongit = 0;
const struct archiver *ar = NULL;
struct archiver_args args;
if (setup_prefix && prefix == NULL)
prefix = setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
init_tar_archiver();
init_zip_archiver();
argc = parse_archive_args(argc, argv, &ar, &args, name_hint, remote);
if (nongit) {
/*
* We know this will die() with an error, so we could just
* die ourselves; but its error message will be more specific
* than what we could write here.
*/
setup_git_directory();
}
parse_treeish_arg(argv, &args, prefix, remote);
parse_pathspec_arg(argv + 1, &args);
return ar->write_archive(ar, &args);
}
archive: move file extension format-guessing lower The process for guessing an archive output format based on the filename is something like this: a. parse --output in cmd_archive; check the filename against a static set of mapping heuristics (right now it just matches ".zip" for zip files). b. if found, stick a fake "--format=zip" at the beginning of the arguments list (if the user did specify a --format manually, the later option will override our fake one) c. if it's a remote call, ship the arguments to the remote (including the fake), which will call write_archive on their end d. if it's local, ship the arguments to write_archive locally There are two problems: 1. The set of mappings is static and at too high a level. The write_archive level is going to check config for user-defined formats, some of which will specify extensions. We need to delay lookup until those are parsed, so we can match against them. 2. For a remote archive call, our set of mappings (or formats) may not match the remote side's. This is OK in practice right now, because all versions of git understand "zip" and "tar". But as new formats are added, there is going to be a mismatch between what the client can do and what the remote server can do. To fix (1), this patch refactors the location guessing to happen at the write_archive level, instead of the cmd_archive level. So instead of sticking a fake --format field in the argv list, we actually pass a "name hint" down the callchain; this hint is used at the appropriate time to guess the format (if one hasn't been given already). This patch leaves (2) unfixed. The name_hint is converted to a "--format" option as before, and passed to the remote. This means the local side's idea of how extensions map to formats will take precedence. Another option would be to pass the name hint to the remote side and let the remote choose. This isn't a good idea for two reasons: 1. There's no room in the protocol for passing that information. We can pass a new argument, but older versions of git on the server will choke on it. 2. Letting the remote side decide creates a silent inconsistency in user experience. Consider the case that the locally installed git knows about the "tar.gz" format, but a remote server doesn't. Running "git archive -o foo.tar.gz" will use the tar.gz format. If we use --remote, and the local side chooses the format, then we send "--format=tar.gz" to the remote, which will complain about the unknown format. But if we let the remote side choose the format, then it will realize that it doesn't know about "tar.gz" and output uncompressed tar without even issuing a warning. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-06-22 01:24:48 +00:00
static int match_extension(const char *filename, const char *ext)
{
int prefixlen = strlen(filename) - strlen(ext);
/*
* We need 1 character for the '.', and 1 character to ensure that the
* prefix is non-empty (k.e., we don't match .tar.gz with no actual
* filename).
*/
if (prefixlen < 2 || filename[prefixlen-1] != '.')
return 0;
return !strcmp(filename + prefixlen, ext);
}
archive: move file extension format-guessing lower The process for guessing an archive output format based on the filename is something like this: a. parse --output in cmd_archive; check the filename against a static set of mapping heuristics (right now it just matches ".zip" for zip files). b. if found, stick a fake "--format=zip" at the beginning of the arguments list (if the user did specify a --format manually, the later option will override our fake one) c. if it's a remote call, ship the arguments to the remote (including the fake), which will call write_archive on their end d. if it's local, ship the arguments to write_archive locally There are two problems: 1. The set of mappings is static and at too high a level. The write_archive level is going to check config for user-defined formats, some of which will specify extensions. We need to delay lookup until those are parsed, so we can match against them. 2. For a remote archive call, our set of mappings (or formats) may not match the remote side's. This is OK in practice right now, because all versions of git understand "zip" and "tar". But as new formats are added, there is going to be a mismatch between what the client can do and what the remote server can do. To fix (1), this patch refactors the location guessing to happen at the write_archive level, instead of the cmd_archive level. So instead of sticking a fake --format field in the argv list, we actually pass a "name hint" down the callchain; this hint is used at the appropriate time to guess the format (if one hasn't been given already). This patch leaves (2) unfixed. The name_hint is converted to a "--format" option as before, and passed to the remote. This means the local side's idea of how extensions map to formats will take precedence. Another option would be to pass the name hint to the remote side and let the remote choose. This isn't a good idea for two reasons: 1. There's no room in the protocol for passing that information. We can pass a new argument, but older versions of git on the server will choke on it. 2. Letting the remote side decide creates a silent inconsistency in user experience. Consider the case that the locally installed git knows about the "tar.gz" format, but a remote server doesn't. Running "git archive -o foo.tar.gz" will use the tar.gz format. If we use --remote, and the local side chooses the format, then we send "--format=tar.gz" to the remote, which will complain about the unknown format. But if we let the remote side choose the format, then it will realize that it doesn't know about "tar.gz" and output uncompressed tar without even issuing a warning. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-06-22 01:24:48 +00:00
const char *archive_format_from_filename(const char *filename)
{
int i;
for (i = 0; i < nr_archivers; i++)
if (match_extension(filename, archivers[i]->name))
return archivers[i]->name;
archive: move file extension format-guessing lower The process for guessing an archive output format based on the filename is something like this: a. parse --output in cmd_archive; check the filename against a static set of mapping heuristics (right now it just matches ".zip" for zip files). b. if found, stick a fake "--format=zip" at the beginning of the arguments list (if the user did specify a --format manually, the later option will override our fake one) c. if it's a remote call, ship the arguments to the remote (including the fake), which will call write_archive on their end d. if it's local, ship the arguments to write_archive locally There are two problems: 1. The set of mappings is static and at too high a level. The write_archive level is going to check config for user-defined formats, some of which will specify extensions. We need to delay lookup until those are parsed, so we can match against them. 2. For a remote archive call, our set of mappings (or formats) may not match the remote side's. This is OK in practice right now, because all versions of git understand "zip" and "tar". But as new formats are added, there is going to be a mismatch between what the client can do and what the remote server can do. To fix (1), this patch refactors the location guessing to happen at the write_archive level, instead of the cmd_archive level. So instead of sticking a fake --format field in the argv list, we actually pass a "name hint" down the callchain; this hint is used at the appropriate time to guess the format (if one hasn't been given already). This patch leaves (2) unfixed. The name_hint is converted to a "--format" option as before, and passed to the remote. This means the local side's idea of how extensions map to formats will take precedence. Another option would be to pass the name hint to the remote side and let the remote choose. This isn't a good idea for two reasons: 1. There's no room in the protocol for passing that information. We can pass a new argument, but older versions of git on the server will choke on it. 2. Letting the remote side decide creates a silent inconsistency in user experience. Consider the case that the locally installed git knows about the "tar.gz" format, but a remote server doesn't. Running "git archive -o foo.tar.gz" will use the tar.gz format. If we use --remote, and the local side chooses the format, then we send "--format=tar.gz" to the remote, which will complain about the unknown format. But if we let the remote side choose the format, then it will realize that it doesn't know about "tar.gz" and output uncompressed tar without even issuing a warning. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-06-22 01:24:48 +00:00
return NULL;
}