{"thread":{"id":"31996","subject":"Request: git fetch --timeout","startedAt":"2012-11-01T21:59:30Z","lastAt":"2012-11-01T21:59:30Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["H. Peter Anvin"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"202382","messageId":"5092F0C2.1090802@zytor.com","threadId":"31996","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Request: git fetch --timeout","fromName":"H. Peter Anvin","fromEmail":"hpa@zytor.com","sentAt":"2012-11-01T21:59:30Z","receivedAt":"2012-11-01T21:59:30Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"hpa@zytor.com","avatar":null},"body":"Right now, there are events which can cause git fetch to hang forever.\nThis is really problematic in automatic use.\n\nA git fetch --timeout which would exit with a nonzero exit code if no\nforward progress is made would be really helpful.\n\n\t-hpa\n"}]}