From: Brian Gerst <bgerst@didntduck.org>
To: Nick Hengeveld <nickh@reactrix.com>
Cc: Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org>,
Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@de.bosch.com>,
Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [kernel.org users] Re: auto-packing on kernel.org? please?
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 13:15:45 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <43528AC1.2060904@didntduck.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <43527E86.8000907@didntduck.org>
Brian Gerst wrote:
> Nick Hengeveld wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 11:44:46AM -0400, Daniel Barkalow wrote:
>>
>>> This is the problem: it's impossible to download only a few objects
>>> from a pack file from an HTTP server, because those don't exist on
>>> the server as separate files.
>>
>>
>> Is it possible to determine the object locations inside the remote pack
>> file? If so, it would be possible to use Range: headers to download
>> selected objects from a pack.
>>
>
> Not possible because the entire pack is compressed.
I should have looked at the source more closely before stating that.
Each object gets compressed individually, so this would be possible.
--
Brian Gerst
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-10-16 17:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-10-13 18:44 auto-packing on kernel.org? please? Linus Torvalds
[not found] ` <434EABFD.5070604@zytor.com>
[not found] ` <434EC07C.30505@pobox.com>
2005-10-13 21:23 ` [kernel.org users] " Linus Torvalds
2005-10-16 14:33 ` Dirk Behme
2005-10-16 15:44 ` Daniel Barkalow
2005-10-16 16:12 ` Nick Hengeveld
2005-10-16 16:23 ` Brian Gerst
2005-10-16 16:56 ` Junio C Hamano
2005-10-16 21:33 ` Nick Hengeveld
2005-10-16 22:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2005-10-17 6:06 ` Nick Hengeveld
2005-10-17 8:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2005-10-17 17:41 ` Nick Hengeveld
2005-10-17 20:08 ` Junio C Hamano
2005-10-17 22:56 ` Daniel Barkalow
2005-10-17 23:19 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-10-17 23:54 ` Nick Hengeveld
2005-10-17 19:13 ` Daniel Barkalow
2005-10-16 17:10 ` Johannes Schindelin
2005-10-16 17:15 ` Brian Gerst [this message]
2005-11-21 19:01 ` Carl Baldwin
2005-11-21 19:24 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-11-21 19:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2005-11-21 20:38 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-11-21 21:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2005-11-22 5:26 ` Chuck Lever
2005-11-22 5:41 ` Linus Torvalds
2005-11-22 14:13 ` Catalin Marinas
2005-11-22 17:05 ` Linus Torvalds
[not found] ` <7v64qkfwhe.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
[not found] ` <b0943d9e0511220946o3b62842ey@mail.gmail.com>
[not found] ` <7v1x18eddp.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
2005-11-23 14:10 ` Catalin Marinas
2005-11-22 18:18 ` Chuck Lever
2005-11-23 14:18 ` Catalin Marinas
2005-11-22 17:25 ` Carl Baldwin
2005-11-22 17:58 ` Linus Torvalds
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