{"thread":{"id":"65153","subject":"git-http-fetch vs. gitremote-helpers","startedAt":"2026-03-06T16:14:29Z","lastAt":"2026-03-06T16:14:29Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Clara Engler"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"538090","messageId":"aar7TReHwAtxmD25@88f9ee5bc6521746","threadId":"65153","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"git-http-fetch vs. gitremote-helpers","fromName":"Clara Engler","fromEmail":"cve@cve.cx","sentAt":"2026-03-06T16:05:33Z","receivedAt":"2026-03-06T16:14:29Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"cve@cve.cx","avatar":null},"body":"Hello,\nI am currently studying a bit of the git internals and I am having a\nharder time to understand the difference of git-http-fetch vs.\ngit-remote-http(s).\n\nTo me, they both seem to be tools that directly or indirectly utilize\nlibcurl to communicate with an HTTP(S) server, yet there must be an\nincentive on why there are two distinct binaries for that.\n\nThank You\nClara\n"}]}