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* [PATCHv3 0/4] Push options in C Git
@ 2016-07-07  1:12 Stefan Beller
  2016-07-07  1:12 ` [PATCH 1/4] push options: {pre,post}-receive hook learns about push options Stefan Beller
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From: Stefan Beller @ 2016-07-07  1:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: gitster; +Cc: git, e, peff, dwwang, dennis, Stefan Beller

This is not marked for RFC any more, as I do not recall any open points
left for discussion. This addresses the only reply from Eric Wong on patch 3:

diff to v2:
diff --git a/send-pack.c b/send-pack.c
index e328276..c943560 100644
--- a/send-pack.c
+++ b/send-pack.c
@@ -536,7 +536,8 @@ int send_pack(struct send_pack_args *args,
 
                for_each_string_list_item(item, args->push_options)
                        packet_buf_write(&sb, "%s", item->string);
-                       write_or_die(out, sb.buf, sb.len);
+
+               write_or_die(out, sb.buf, sb.len);
                packet_flush(out);
                strbuf_release(&sb);
        }
diff --git a/transport.c b/transport.c
index 598bd1f..0298be1 100644
--- a/transport.c
+++ b/transport.c
@@ -641,7 +641,6 @@ struct transport *transport_get(struct remote *remote, const char *url)
        struct transport *ret = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*ret));
 
        ret->progress = isatty(2);
-       ret->push_options = NULL;
 
        if (!remote)
                die("No remote provided to transport_get()");

Cover letter v2:
================

Allow a user to pass information along a push to the pre/post-receive hook
on the remote.

Jeff writes on v1:
> Whereas in Dennis's patches, it was about specific information directly
> related to the act of pushing.

This allows to transmit arbitrary information as the backends of $VENDOR
may have different options available related to the direct act of pushing.

Thanks,
Stefan

Cover letter v1:
================

Allow a user to pass information along a push to the pre/post-receive hook
on the remote.

When using a remote that is more than just a plain Git host (e.g. Gerrit,
Git{hub/lab}, etc) this may become more obvious: The (server backend specific)
push options can instruct the server to:
* open a pull request
* send out emails asking for review
* (un)trigger continuous integration
* set priority for continuous integration (i.e. bots pushing may ask to be
  treated with lower priority compared to humans)
* ... 

Most of these actions can be done on the client side as well,
but in these remote-centric workflows it is easier to do that on the remote,
which is why we need to transport the information there.

More concrete examples:
* When you want a change in Gerrit to be submitted to refs/heads/master, you
  push instead to a magic branch refs/for/master and Gerrit will create a change
  for you (similar to a pull request). Instead we could imagine that you push
  to a magical refs/heads/master with a push option "create-change".
  
* When pushing to Gerrit you can already attach some of this information by
  adding a '%' followed by the parameter to the ref, i.e. when interacting with
  Gerrit it is possible to do things like[1]:
    
    git push origin HEAD:refs/for/master%draft%topic=example%cc=jon.doe@example.org
  
  This is not appealing to our users as it looks like hacks upon hacks to make
  it work. It would read better if it was spelled as:
  
  git push origin HEAD:refs/for/master \
      --push-option draft \
      --push-option topic=example \
      --push-option cc=jon.doe@example.org
      
  (with a short form that is even easier to type,
   but this is is more intuitive already)

This is a patch series to Git core, which is developed at the same time
as a change is proposed to JGit by Dan Wang, see [2].

This code is also available at [3].

Thanks,
Stefan

[1] Not all Gerrit '%' options are documented, so here is a link to source code instead :(
https://gerrit.googlesource.com/gerrit/+/refs/heads/master/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/ReceiveCommits.java#1141

[2] https://git.eclipse.org/r/#/c/74570/ 
 
[3] https://github.com/stefanbeller/git/tree/pushoptions

Stefan Beller (4):
  push options: {pre,post}-receive hook learns about push options
  receive-pack: implement advertising and receiving push options
  push: accept push options
  add a test for push options

 Documentation/config.txt                          |  7 +-
 Documentation/git-push.txt                        |  8 ++-
 Documentation/githooks.txt                        |  4 ++
 Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt         | 10 +--
 Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt |  8 +++
 builtin/push.c                                    | 16 ++++-
 builtin/receive-pack.c                            | 85 +++++++++++++++++++----
 send-pack.c                                       | 29 ++++++++
 send-pack.h                                       |  3 +
 t/t5544-push-options.sh                           | 85 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 transport.c                                       |  2 +
 transport.h                                       |  7 ++
 12 files changed, 242 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 t/t5544-push-options.sh

-- 
2.9.0.141.gdd65b60


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2016-07-07 20:20   ` Junio C Hamano
2016-07-07 21:50     ` Stefan Beller
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2016-07-07  1:12 ` [PATCH 2/4] receive-pack: implement advertising and receiving " Stefan Beller
2016-07-07 20:37   ` Junio C Hamano
2016-07-07 21:41     ` Stefan Beller
2016-07-07 21:56       ` Jeff King
2016-07-07 22:06         ` Stefan Beller
2016-07-07 22:09           ` Jeff King
2016-07-07 22:06       ` Junio C Hamano
2016-07-08 17:58         ` Jonathan Nieder
2016-07-08 18:39           ` Junio C Hamano
2016-07-08 18:57             ` Stefan Beller
2016-07-08 21:46               ` Jeff King
2016-07-08 22:17                 ` Stefan Beller
2016-07-08 22:21                   ` Jeff King
2016-07-08 22:29                     ` Stefan Beller
2016-07-08 22:35                       ` Jeff King
2016-07-08 22:43                         ` Stefan Beller
2016-07-08 22:46                           ` Jeff King
2016-07-08 22:51                             ` Stefan Beller
2016-07-07  1:12 ` [PATCH 3/4] push: accept " Stefan Beller
2016-07-07 20:52   ` Junio C Hamano
2016-07-08 22:59     ` Stefan Beller
2016-07-11 18:42       ` Junio C Hamano
2016-07-07  1:12 ` [PATCH 4/4] add a test for " Stefan Beller
2016-07-07 19:51   ` Junio C Hamano
2016-07-07 20:01     ` Junio C Hamano
2016-07-07 21:51       ` Stefan Beller

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