Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756529AbYGGSFb (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Jul 2008 14:05:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754342AbYGGSFX (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Jul 2008 14:05:23 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:33094 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754247AbYGGSFW (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Jul 2008 14:05:22 -0400 Message-ID: <48725A7F.7040409@kernel.org> Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:03:43 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Organization: Linux Kernel Organization, Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080501) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jan Engelhardt CC: Nicolas Ferre , webmaster@kernel.org, Linux Kernel list Subject: Re: git pull through http / git References: <48724130.5050501@atmel.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 776 Lines: 21 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/