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From: "Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org>
Subject: Re: Git-aware HTTP transport
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"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
> Shawn O. Pearce wrote:
>> "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I *think* the "native" git protocol uses binary here.  It makes sense 
>>> to  be consistent, to allow them to share code?
>>
>> No, the native protocol is horribly verbose here:
>>
>> 	0032want ac3abe10ed54d512fbbaeb7cef19972eedd8e4a8
>> 	...
>>
>> so its doing it in hex, and its using 10 bytes of "framing" for
>> every SHA-1 it sends as each is sent in its own pkt-line with the
>> have/want header.
>
> Hm.  It's probably not enough data to worry significantly about.

Should I change the HTTP protocol then to use the same format,
so they have a better chance at sharing code between them?

-- 
Shawn.