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From: Yaroslav Halchenko <yoh@onerussian.com>
To: Git Gurus hangout <git@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Benjamin Poldrack <benjaminpoldrack@gmail.com>,
	Michael Hanke <michael.hanke@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: wishlist; unify behavior while cloning non-bare repos over http to be in line with ssh/local
Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 15:06:52 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160510190652.GI7907@onerussian.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160506131855.GD7907@onerussian.com>


On Fri, 06 May 2016, Yaroslav Halchenko wrote:

> Dear Git Folks,

> Originally this issue was mentioned in previous thread [1], and I have decided
> to bring it into a separate thread.  ATM there is a dichotomy in git behavior
> between cloning non-bare repos:  if I clone over ssh or just locally by
> providing url without trailing /.git, git senses for /.git and works just fine
> with ssh or local repositories, but fails for "dummy" http ones, the demo
> script is here [2] which produces output listed below.  From which you can see
> that  cloning using http URL to the repository without /.git fails (git version
> 2.8.1, Debian).  As it was noted in [1], concern could have been to not
> traverse website since could lead to dangerous places.  But .git is under
> originating url directory, as well as info/ or HEAD or any other object
> accessed by git, so IMHO this concern is not a concern.
> ...

If there is a better venue (bug tracker?) to spark the interest
and discussion, please let me know ;)

-- 
Yaroslav O. Halchenko
Center for Open Neuroscience     http://centerforopenneuroscience.org
Dartmouth College, 419 Moore Hall, Hinman Box 6207, Hanover, NH 03755
Phone: +1 (603) 646-9834                       Fax: +1 (603) 646-1419
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  reply	other threads:[~2016-05-10 19:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-05-06 13:18 wishlist; unify behavior while cloning non-bare repos over http to be in line with ssh/local Yaroslav Halchenko
2016-05-10 19:06 ` Yaroslav Halchenko [this message]
2016-05-10 20:11   ` Junio C Hamano
2016-05-10 20:33     ` Jacob Keller
2016-05-10 22:10       ` Yaroslav Halchenko
2016-05-10 22:13         ` Junio C Hamano
2016-05-11  0:49           ` Yaroslav Halchenko
2016-05-11 21:27             ` Junio C Hamano

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