From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Yann E. MORIN Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 11:10:50 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH v2] support/download/git: Prioritize remote archive In-Reply-To: References: <1471469135-19009-1-git-send-email-kamath.ben@gmail.com> <20160817215301.GJ5778@free.fr> Message-ID: <20160818091050.GA5930@free.fr> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Benjamin, All, On 2016-08-17 15:17 -0700, Benjamin Kamath spake thusly: > On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 2:53 PM, Yann E. MORIN wrote: > > Benjmin, All, > > > > On 2016-08-17 14:25 -0700, Benjamin Kamath spake thusly: > >> From: Benjamin Kamath > >> > >> Attempt to do a remote archive since it shortcuts us past a few steps when > >> available. Additionally. if the git server has uploadArchive.allowUnreachable > >> set to true, then this method can also work on arbitrary sha1s, offering a huge > >> speed advantage over a full clone. > > > > Do you know of a publicly-accessible server that allows remote archives? > > > > I've tried with a github-hosted package, but githib won;t allow remote > > archives, it seems... > I just tried quite a few and it doesn't seem to be frequently > supported. gitlab-ce does seem to have it enabled by default: > > git at gitlab.com:gitlab-org/gitlab-ce.git OK, it does work, as long as one uses the ssh protocol. It does not work via http:// or git:// Which means we have no package in Buildroot that can use this. Do you have a need for that for an internal package? Regards, Yann E. MORIN. -- .-----------------.--------------------.------------------.--------------------. | Yann E. MORIN | Real-Time Embedded | /"\ ASCII RIBBON | Erics' conspiracy: | | +33 662 376 056 | Software Designer | \ / CAMPAIGN | ___ | | +33 223 225 172 `------------.-------: X AGAINST | \e/ There is no | | http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/ | _/*\_ | / \ HTML MAIL | v conspiracy. | '------------------------------^-------^------------------^--------------------'