Re: [PATCH] Documentation: setup-git-server-over-http: Mention davfs2

Googling for "davfs2 WebDAV" returns 13,600 hits, while "cadaver WebDAV"
hits 39,100.

Woops, sorry for that, in fact I greatly misunderstood the statement
"A command line tool to test WebDAV is cadaver." I though this meant
"The command line tool is dead / It does not exist anymore". I didn't
realize "cadaver" was its name!

In addition, testing with davfs2 requires you to have root access.

When davfs2 is properly configured, the file system can be mounted in
user space by non-root users. Root access is needed only when
installing. Cadaver also needs root access for installation,

-- Giovanni

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 7:57 AM, Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:

Giovanni Funchal [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

I just came across an interesting file system driver that allows to mount
WebDAV resources into file system tree: davfs2. I though it would be worth
mentioning this on setup-git-server-over-http.txt.

I might agree with "It would be worth mentioning", but I do not think that
is what you did.

quoted

+
+Step 2 1/2: testing your WebDAV server
+--------------------------------------
+
...
-A command line tool to test WebDAV is cadaver. If you prefer GUIs, for
-example, konqueror can open WebDAV URLs as "webdav://..." or
-"webdavs://...".
+An alternative is to use davfs2, a driver that allows mounting a WebDAV
+resource into the system tree. This requires root access and kernel
+support (probably your kernel includes this).
+
+  $ apt-get install davfs2
+  $ mkdir -p /mnt/webdav
+  $ mount -t davfs http://<servername>/ /mnt/webdav
+  $ ls /mnt/webdav
+  $ umount /mnt/webdav
+
+If you prefer GUIs, for example, konqueror can open WebDAV URLs as
+"webdav://..." or "webdavs://...".

You are dropping mention of cadaver and the only remaining suggestion for
command line testing is via davfs2.

Googling for "davfs2 WebDAV" returns 13,600 hits, while "cadaver WebDAV"
hits 39,100.  In addition, testing with davfs2 requires you to have root
access.

When troubleshooting a nonworking system, it often is easier to do it from
a command line tool than from GUI (one of whose main point is to hide away
the low-level details).  And I thought the title of this semi-section was
"Testing"?

Offering alternatives for command line tools is good, but that is not what
this patch does.