$ npm install git-transport-protocolwrap a r/w stream in this transport r/w stream for transforming writes into valid git packet lines, and reads from git packet lines into JS objects.
var net = require('net')
, transport = require('git-transport-protocol')
, client
, tcp
tcp = net.connect({host: 'github.com', port: 9418})
client = transport(tcp)
client.on('data', function(data) {
// data will be JS objects
})
// start a fetch
client.write('git-upload-pack /chrisdickinson/plate.git\0host=github.com\0')
wrap any readable/writable stream with git-packet-line senders and receivers.
enter or exit "raw" mode -- this makes writes skip the pkt-write portion of the stream and go directly to the connection.
this is useful for, e.g., sending packfile data.
MIT