test-gvfs-protocol.c, t5799-gvfs-helper.sh: unit tests for gvfs-helper

Makefile

@@ -1361,6 +1361,7 @@ else
 endif
 
 	PROGRAM_OBJS += gvfs-helper.o
+	TEST_PROGRAMS_NEED_X += test-gvfs-protocol
 
 	REMOTE_CURL_PRIMARY = git-remote-http$X
 	REMOTE_CURL_ALIASES = git-remote-https$X git-remote-ftp$X git-remote-ftps$X

gvfs-helper.c

@@ -1871,6 +1871,8 @@ static void install_loose(struct gh__request_params *params,
 	/*
 	 * We expect a loose object when we do a GET -or- when we
 	 * do a POST with only 1 object.
+	 *
+	 * Note that this content type is singular, not plural.
 	 */
 	if (strcmp(status->content_type.buf,
 		   "application/x-git-loose-object")) {
@@ -2105,14 +2107,17 @@ static void do_throttle_spin(struct gh__request_params *params,
 	strbuf_addstr(&region, gh__server_type_label[params->server_type]);
 	trace2_region_enter("gvfs-helper", region.buf, NULL);
 
-	progress = start_progress(progress_msg, duration);
+	if (gh__cmd_opts.show_progress)
+		progress = start_progress(progress_msg, duration);
+
 	while (now < end) {
 		display_progress(progress, (now - begin));
 
 		sleep_millisec(100);
 
 		now = time(NULL);
 	}
+
 	display_progress(progress, duration);
 	stop_progress(&progress);
 
@@ -2631,13 +2636,15 @@ static void do__http_post__gvfs_objects(struct gh__response_status *status,
 	params.headers = curl_slist_append(params.headers,
 					   "Content-Type: application/json");
 	/*
-	 * We really always want a packfile.  But if the payload only
-	 * requests 1 OID, the server will send us a single loose
-	 * objects instead.  (Apparently the server ignores us when we
-	 * only send application/x-git-packfile and does it anyway.)
+	 * If our POST contains more than one object, we want the
+	 * server to send us a packfile.  We DO NOT want the non-standard
+	 * concatenated loose object format, so we DO NOT send:
+	 *     "Accept: application/x-git-loose-objects" (plural)
 	 *
-	 * So to make it clear to my future self, go ahead and add
-	 * an accept header for loose objects and own it.
+	 * However, if the payload only requests 1 OID, the server
+	 * will send us a single loose object instead of a packfile,
+	 * so we ACK that and send:
+	 *     "Accept: application/x-git-loose-object" (singular)
 	 */
 	params.headers = curl_slist_append(params.headers,
 					   "Accept: application/x-git-packfile");