Re: [PATCH] Allow '+', '-' and '.' in remote helper names

Hi,

On Tue, 23 Feb 2010, Sverre Rabbelier wrote:

On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 14:03, Johannes Schindelin 
[off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

May I caution against allowing "+" as part of filenames? On Windows, 
thanks to the DOS garb^Wheritage, "+" is not really allowed...

Would it be safe to say "raplce all occurences of '+' and '.' with
'-'?

I'd rather only replace '+' with '-'. While "short" DOS filenames can only 
have one dot, and only up to three (upper-case) characters after that, 
"long" ones do not share that restriction.

Is it feasible that we would want to support two protocols with a 
different helper that map to the same 'name' using that scheme? So, 
would there ever be a case where we want to handle "bzr+ssh" and 
"bzr-ssh" with a different helper? I reckon not, and if it does occur 
it's always possible to put a simple dispatcher in between?

Possible.

Ciao,
Dscho