Bazaar Explorer and bzr-git

[Jelmer Vernooij]

On Sat, 2009-10-24 at 08:57 +0100, Russel Winder wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-10-23 at 17:39 +0200, Jelmer Vernooij wrote:
> > On Fri, 2009-10-23 at 17:33 +0200, Jelmer Vernooij wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2009-10-23 at 12:07 +0100, Russel Winder wrote:
> > > > Using Bazaar Explorer on a shared repository containing a mirror branch
> > > > bound the a remote Git repository and two feature branches taken from
> > > > the mirror, asking for the "Local Changes" or "Missing Revisions" on the
> > > > mirror leads to the error dialogue:
> > > > 
> > > > 	bzr: ERROR: This operation is not supported by the Git smart server protocol.
> > > > 
> > > >  Is this a problem with bzr-git or with git itself?
> > > This is intentional. The git smart server protocol (git+ssh://, git://)
> > > basically only allows you to upload revisions or fetch revisions. It
> > > does not allow you to inspect the contents of the remote repository in
> > > the same way that Bazaar does - Bazaar has gone through great lengths to
> > > support all operations that can be done on local repositories on remote
> > > repositories as well (and with reasonable performance). 
> > Perhaps we need to improve the error message. Could you perhaps suggest
> > a better one?
> 
> The actual phrasing of the message is fine per se.  The real problem is
> that this is not actually an error, it is a missing feature by design.
> Thus the fact that an error message is issued is the error.
> 
> I am not sure what I think the right solution is here as there are too
> many variables:  bzr, bzr-svn, svn, bzr-git, git, Bazaar Explorer are
> all involved.


> I am more worried about Subversion in this context than Git as I think
> bzr-git is a useful addition to the armoury but bzr-svn is critical to
> the future of Bazaar.
How are svn and bzr-svn involved? 

Cheers,

Jelmer
 


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