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author | Usman Akinyemi <usmanakinyemi202@gmail.com> | 2025-02-15 21:20:52 +0530 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2025-02-19 09:48:37 -0800 |
commit | cf7ee481902df64b26ac8b1741eca861a8d2f7cc (patch) | |
tree | 30b17c729286ba4785e1f06be8baeef65eb2f2eb /connect.c | |
parent | 15ff206863a77e3396f5a1e1ed4910b7b70c9f8d (diff) |
agent: advertise OS name via agent capability
As some issues that can happen with a Git client can be operating system
specific, it can be useful for a server to know which OS a client is
using. In the same way it can be useful for a client to know which OS
a server is using.
Our current agent capability is in the form of "package/version" (e.g.,
"git/1.8.3.1"). Let's extend it to include the operating system name (os)
i.e in the form "package/version-os" (e.g., "git/1.8.3.1-Linux").
Including OS details in the agent capability simplifies implementation,
maintains backward compatibility, avoids introducing a new capability,
encourages adoption across Git-compatible software, and enhances
debugging by providing complete environment information without affecting
functionality. The operating system name is retrieved using the 'sysname'
field of the `uname(2)` system call or its equivalent.
However, there are differences between `uname(1)` (command-line utility)
and `uname(2)` (system call) outputs on Windows. These discrepancies
complicate testing on Windows platforms. For example:
- `uname(1)` output: MINGW64_NT-10.0-20348.3.4.10-87d57229.x86_64\
.2024-02-14.20:17.UTC.x86_64
- `uname(2)` output: Windows.10.0.20348
On Windows, uname(2) is not actually system-supplied but is instead
already faked up by Git itself. We could have overcome the test issue
on Windows by implementing a new `uname` subcommand in `test-tool`
using uname(2), but except uname(2), which would be tested against
itself, there would be nothing platform specific, so it's just simpler
to disable the tests on Windows.
Mentored-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Signed-off-by: Usman Akinyemi <usmanakinyemi202@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'connect.c')
-rw-r--r-- | connect.c | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ const char *parse_feature_value(const char *feature_list, const char *feature, s *offset = found + len - orig_start; return value; } - /* feature with a value (e.g., "agent=git/1.2.3") */ + /* feature with a value (e.g., "agent=git/1.2.3-Linux") */ else if (*value == '=') { size_t end; |