Re: [PATCH 17/19] transport-helper: export is no longer always the last command
From: Sverre Rabbelier <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:51:27
Heya, On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 09:51, Jonathan Nieder [off-list ref] wrote:
Yes, but I'm still missing something. What does the trailing \n ever have to be written? "git log -Sdisconnect_helper -- transport-helper.c" doesn't give many clues. I imagine it's a way to check whether the child is still alive and to warn it not to be alarmed when the output end of its input pipe closes.
Yes, the trailing \n is to signal to the helper that the connection is about to close, allowing it to do whatever cleanup necessarily. It's kind of like the "done" command for fast-import. -- Cheers, Sverre Rabbelier