Re: support git+mosh for unreliable connections

On Wed, 15 Apr 2015 21:25:44 +0000, Dennis Kaarsemaker wrote:
...

It does not and cannot work. The way mosh works, is that it uses ssh to
log in and launch a mosh-server daemon. This daemon and the mosh client
then communicate via a custom UDP protocol. The SSH connection is closed
after the mosh-server has been launched as it is no longer needed.

The communication between the mosh client and server synchronizes
terminal state, somewhat like what screen/tmux do.

I object to the 'can not' part a bit. There is (1) the terminal state
prediction and (2) the reliable-over-reconnects communication, and for
a noninteractive usage you'd need only (2).

Once upon a time I implemented a simple UDP server and client;
the client to be used as a ProxyCommand in ssh, and the server
just talks to the local ssh server. This pretty much does what
the OP wants, and it works just as a transport for ssh, so
all ssh features are there (but of course there is no
terminal prediction). Unfortunately it needs to be ported
to libev/libuv before it could be released. It's *much*
simpler than mosh, although the use-ssh-to-start-server
trick would be nice.)

Andreas

-- 
"Totally trivial. Famous last words."
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@*.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:29:21 -0800