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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@kernel.org>
To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
Cc: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@atmel.com>,
	webmaster@kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: git pull through http / git
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:03:43 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <48725A7F.7040409@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.1.10.0807071840470.8248@fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr>

Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> 
> I don't think many care about http downloading, just because it is 
> available as such.
> git:// and rsync:// are available though and should be usable even 
> without the http info that needs to be constantly refreshed when one 
> wants to use http....
> 

I thought rsync:// had the same problem (dumb transport) as http://.

I have made some sketches on a git-aware http protocol to deal with the 
"idiot IT department-managed firewall" problem; however, I have not had 
time to implement it.

	-hpa

  reply	other threads:[~2008-07-07 18:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-07-07 16:15 git pull through http / git Nicolas Ferre
2008-07-07 16:42 ` Jan Engelhardt
2008-07-07 18:03   ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2008-07-07 18:58     ` Jan Engelhardt
2008-07-08  3:31       ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-07-08  7:22   ` Nicolas Ferre
2008-07-08  7:34     ` J.H.
2008-07-08 14:27       ` Nicolas Ferre
2008-07-08 21:20         ` H. Peter Anvin

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