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Re: serving git with both "git:" and "http:" and submodules

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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 14, 2010, 16:12 UTC
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Boaz Harrosh wrote:
> Ok I'll dive into "git-http-backend" (any pointers).

The reference manual[1] is all I know of. Googling reveals a nice overview[2] by Scott Chacon.

>                                              Are you suggesting to
> just drop the "git:" protocol? (Since "git-http-backend" is just as
> good, through http?)
Exactly[3].
> Thanks that actually helped
Glad to be useful. :)

Good luck, Jonathan

[1] http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-http-backend.html [2] http://progit.org/2010/03/04/smart-http.html [3] Well, the protocol overhead is a little higher, but that is nothing compared to the difference between git: and traditional static http:.

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  1. Boaz HarroshJul 14, 2010
  2. Jonathan NiederJul 14, 2010
  3. Boaz HarroshJul 14, 2010
  4. Jonathan NiederJul 14, 2010
  5. Brad KingJul 15, 2010
  6. Peter KreftingJul 15, 2010
  7. gitmodules.5: url can be a relative pathJonathan Nieder, Jul 15, 2010
  8. Documentation: add submodule.* to the big configuration variable listJonathan Nieder, Jul 15, 2010
  9. Johan HerlandJul 15, 2010
  10. Jonathan NiederJul 15, 2010
  11. Johan HerlandJul 15, 2010
  12. Boaz HarroshJul 15, 2010

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