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authorJeff King <peff@peff.net>2026-05-19 01:22:19 -0400
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2026-05-19 15:05:46 +0900
commit3198237bf3ce3c1eae845ac8e13a2da813800c77 (patch)
tree57e670fc73af1f5d4178f143186531546328bbbf /t/t4013/diff.diff_initial..side
parent94f057755b7941b321fd11fec1b2e3ca5313a4e0 (diff)
connect: use "service" enum for "name" argument
The git_connect() function takes a "name" argument which is a bit confusing. It is _not_ the program to run on the remote repo, which is specified by the "prog" argument. It should instead be one of a few well-known strings specifying the type of operation (e.g., "git-upload-pack"). But to add to the confusion, unless otherwise configured, those well-known strings will also be the same as the programs we run, making it easy to mistake which variable is which. This confusion comes from eaa0fd6584 (git_connect(): fix corner cases in downgrading v2 to v0, 2023-03-17), though in its defense, the term "name" and the use of a string are found in other connect code, going all the way back to b236752a87 (Support remote archive from all smart transports, 2009-12-09). But let's see if we can clean things up a bit. The term "name" is overly vague. We use "service" in other places, including in the smart-http protocol, so let's use it here, too. Using a string invites the notion that it can be anything, not one of a defined set. Let's instead introduce an enum, which has the added bonus that the compiler can catch typos for us, rather than quietly choosing the wrong service from an unexpected strcmp() result. We do still have to turn our enum into those well-known strings to pass along in the remote-helper protocol (e.g., for a stateless-connect directive). But now we do so explicitly and in a way that I think is much more obvious to follow. This is a pure cleanup; there should be no behavior change. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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