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Re: Mysteries of the CVS protocol internals



On Sat, Nov 07, 1998 at 01:18:12AM -0500, Mark-Jason Dominus wrote:
> The client connects to the server and sends its username and password
> credentials, requesting permission to transfer source code files. 
> 
> If the server accepts the credentials, it sends back the message 
> `I LOVE YOU'; if not, `I HATE YOU'.

That's pretty funny.  Of course, a few characters could have been saved
by designing the protocol to use the messages "YOU RULE" or "YOU SUCK"...

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