Re: [PATCH] Allow '+', '-' and '.' in remote helper names

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Hi,

On Tue, 23 Feb 2010, Sverre Rabbelier wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 14:03, Johannes Schindelin 
> <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > May I caution against allowing "+" as part of filenames? On Windows, 
> > thanks to the DOS garb^Wheritage, "+" is not really allowed...
> 
> Would it be safe to say "raplce all occurences of '+' and '.' with
> '-'?

I'd rather only replace '+' with '-'. While "short" DOS filenames can only 
have one dot, and only up to three (upper-case) characters after that, 
"long" ones do not share that restriction.

> Is it feasible that we would want to support two protocols with a 
> different helper that map to the same 'name' using that scheme? So, 
> would there ever be a case where we want to handle "bzr+ssh" and 
> "bzr-ssh" with a different helper? I reckon not, and if it does occur 
> it's always possible to put a simple dispatcher in between?

Possible.

Ciao,
Dscho

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