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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: Git-aware HTTP transport
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:09:29 -0700
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Shawn O. Pearce wrote:
> 
> Correct.  Today _none_ of the transport protocols allow the server
> to force the client to use some sort of reference repository for an
> initial clone.  There are likely two reasons for this:
> 
>  *) Its a lot simpler to program to just get everything from
>     one location.
> 
>  *) If you really are forking an open source project then in
>     some cases you may need to distribute the full source,
> 	not your delta.  You may just as well distribute the full
> 	source and call it a day.
> 

3) it encourages single points of failure.

	-hpa