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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Nick Hengeveld wrote:
>
>> HTTP is currently listed as a read-only/unsupported method for doing
>> pushes, is that due to inherent problems with HTTP or just because
>> it hasn't been written yet?
>> 
>> I've built a working prototype of an HTTP push implementation using DAV.

I had an impression that DAV has its own notion of version
control, so using git as a backend on the server side might be
an interesting exercise.

> I think this is useful. There are restrictive firewalls out there, which 
> only allow ports 80 and 443 to be connected to. Your work would fit in 
> right there.

Another solution for this would be to allow connect.c to use a
HTTP connect passthru proxy. CVS does this with an ugly but easy
to understand notation:

    ':pserver;proxy=firewall;proxyport=3128:user@host:/path/to/repo