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Re: [PATCH] Get commits from remote repositories by HTTP

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AKAdam Kropelin <akropel1@rochester.rr.com>
Date
Apr 16, 2005, 22:52 UTC
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<014a01c542d6$ff3e6180$03c8a8c0@kroptech.com>
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Daniel Barkalow wrote:
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> On Sat, 16 Apr 2005, Adam Kropelin wrote:
>> How about building a file list and doing a batch download via 'wget
>> -i /tmp/foo'? A quick test (on my ancient wget-1.7) indicates that
>> it reuses connectionss when successive URLs point to the same server.
>
> You need to look at some of the files before you know what other
> files to get. You could do it in waves, but that would be excessively
> complicated to code and not the most efficient anyway.

Ah, yes. Makes sense. How about libcurl or another http client library, then? Minimizing dependencies on external libraries is good, but writing a really robust http client is a tricky business. (Not that you aren't up to it; I just wonder if it's the best way to spend your time.)

--Adam
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Message 8 of 14 in “Get commits from remote repositories by HTTP”
  1. Get commits from remote repositories by HTTPDaniel Barkalow, Apr 16, 2005
  2. Martin MaresApr 16, 2005
  3. Daniel BarkalowApr 16, 2005
  4. Tony LuckApr 16, 2005
  5. Daniel BarkalowApr 16, 2005
  6. Adam KropelinApr 16, 2005
  7. Daniel BarkalowApr 16, 2005
  8. Adam KropelinApr 16, 2005
  9. tony.luck@intel.comApr 17, 2005
  10. tony.luck@intel.comApr 18, 2005
  11. Petr BaudisApr 18, 2005
  12. tony.luck@intel.comApr 18, 2005
  13. Jan-Benedict GlawApr 16, 2005
  14. Daniel BarkalowApr 16, 2005

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