From: Robin Rosenberg Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:28:48 GMT Subject: Re: [JGIT PATCH 2/6] Add remote.name.timeout to configure an IO timeout Message-ID: <200906210028.48954.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com> In-Reply-To: <1245446875-31102-3-git-send-email-spearce@spearce.org> fredag 19 juni 2009 23:27:51 skrev "Shawn O. Pearce" : > An IO timeout can be useful if the remote peer stops responding, > and the user wants the application to abort rather than block > indefinitely waiting for more input. > > This is a JGit specific extension to the standard remote format. Can we we assume C Git won't implement the same thing with a different parameter name, or worse, the same name, but a different unit? -- robin