[PATCH 2 of 2 RFC] cmdserver: allow to start server without repository

[Yuya Nishihara]

On Fri, 7 Mar 2014 11:27:36 +0200, Idan Kamara wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 6:47 PM, Yuya Nishihara <yuya at tcha.org> wrote:
> > BTW, were there some concern not to implement this at the initial design?
> 
> Not that I recall, I guess just the thought that most of the benefits
> come from interacting with a repo.

I see.  I was a bit afraid that I've changed the command server to wrong
direction.

> > This patch solves my problem, but I guess python-hglib will need another
> > command to set self.repo after server started, for example,
> >
> >   hglib.clone()
> >     start command server without repo
> >     runcommand "clone from to"
> >     set server.repo = to (in some way)
> >     return hgclient object
> 
> Yeah, we can either add a command to the protocol that lets you
> 'chrepo', but I'm not sure if opening a new instance after you've got
> a repo is so bad.

True.  It can start new server, so "chrepo" command won't be important.

Regards,