Max Horn <max@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 11.11.2014, at 23:51, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ... >>> +linkgit:git-fast-import[1] >> >> This looks somewhat out of place; fast-import is not the only or >> even the primary way to do a remote-helper, is it? > > It depends on how you look at it, I'd say. If you write a remote-helper that > uses the import/export feature, it is absolutely vital. All remote helpers > I ever worked on are of that kind, so to me it is the primary way ;-), > although of course I realize there are others. So, how would you determine > which of the various methods is the "primary" one? You don't. If there exists no clear "primary" one, you do not have to designate a random one as the "primary". I just thought that these references are to related/relevant pages in the same family of commands, and not a place to list possible implementation technologies. We do not say "see also libcurl" only because we have the curl-based remote helper that almost everybody uses to interact with other repositories over https:// URLs here, and do not list send-pack or receive-pack, even though the pair would be a natural way to implement 'fetch' and 'push' methods to a helper to interact with a native Git repository, either. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html