Re: [PATCH] fetch-pack: always allow fetching of literal SHA1s

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



Hi,

Jeff King wrote:

> Right, makes sense.  I wondered if GitHub should be turning on
> allowTipSHA1InWant, but it really doesn't make sense to. We _do_ hide
> some internal refs[1], and they're things that users wouldn't want to
> fetch. The problem for your case really is just on the client side, and
> this patch fixes it.
[...]
> [1] The reachability checks from upload-pack don't actually do much on
>     GitHub, because you can generally access the objects via the API or
>     the web site anyway. So I'm not really opposed to turning on
>     allowTipSHA1InWant if it would be useful for users, but after
>     Jonathan's patch I don't see how it would be.

Given that, what would make me really happy is if github enables
uploadpack.allowAnySHA1InWant.  That would be useful for me, at least.

Thanks,
Jonathan



[Index of Archives]     [Linux Kernel Development]     [Gcc Help]     [IETF Annouce]     [DCCP]     [Netdev]     [Networking]     [Security]     [V4L]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux Security]     [Linux RAID]     [Linux SCSI]     [Fedora Users]