{"thread":{"id":"7761","subject":"git via rsync","startedAt":"2007-04-20T21:23:13Z","lastAt":"2007-04-21T07:24:51Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Julian Phillips","Rogan Dawes"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"40010","messageId":"Pine.LNX.4.64.0704202218480.7764@beast.quantumfyre.co.uk","threadId":"7761","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"git via rsync","fromName":"Julian Phillips","fromEmail":"julian@quantumfyre.co.uk","sentAt":"2007-04-20T21:23:13Z","receivedAt":"2007-04-20T21:23:13Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"julian@quantumfyre.co.uk","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/948888?v=4"},"body":"Is rsync still a supported git transport (I know that there is still \ncode for it, but does anyone care for it)?  Does anyone use it?\n\nhttp has caused a couple of queries recently, but I haven't noticed \nanything about rsync.  Does that mean that it \"just works\", or is it \nsimply that no one uses it?\n\nJust curious ...\n\n-- \nJulian\n\n  ---\nChildren are unpredictable.  You never know what inconsistency they're\ngoing to catch you in next.\n \t\t-- Franklin P. Jones\n"},{"id":"40029","messageId":"4629BC43.1060603@dawes.za.net","threadId":"7761","inReplyTo":"Pine.LNX.4.64.0704202218480.7764@beast.quantumfyre.co.uk","subject":"Re: git via rsync","fromName":"Rogan Dawes","fromEmail":"lists@dawes.za.net","sentAt":"2007-04-21T07:24:51Z","receivedAt":"2007-04-21T07:24:51Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"lists@dawes.za.net","avatar":null},"body":"Julian Phillips wrote:\n> Is rsync still a supported git transport (I know that there is still \n> code for it, but does anyone care for it)?  Does anyone use it?\n> \n> http has caused a couple of queries recently, but I haven't noticed \n> anything about rsync.  Does that mean that it \"just works\", or is it \n> simply that no one uses it?\n> \n> Just curious ...\n> \n\nRsync has significant problems that prevent it being used in serious \nsituations.\n\nPrimarily, it is not atomic. So, if the other end is busy with an \noperation while you are rsyncing, you are likely to get a corrupted fetch.\n\nI'm sure that there are others, but I don't remember them offhand.\n\nRogan\n"}]}