Re: git "smart http" server vs. http redirects

From: Ilari Liusvaara <ilari.liusvaara@elisanet.fi>
Date: Sep 18, 2010, 07:03 UTC
Message-ID: <20100918070315.GA30872@LK-Perkele-V2.elisa-laajakaista.fi>
In-Reply-To: <877hijvff7.fsf@catnip.gol.com>

On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 01:33:48PM +0900, Miles Bader wrote:

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> The savannah.gnu.org admins are trying out the git "smart http" server,
> but it doesn't seem to handle http redirects properly... should it?
> Is this a bug with the git server?
> 
> The follow is from Sylvain Beucler;
> > Hmmm, actually it works, but it doesn't support a HTTP redirect
> > (namely git.sv.gnu.org -> git.savannah.gnu.org).
> >
> > $ git clone http://git.sv.gnu.org/r/freedink.git
> > Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/freedink/.git/
> > error: RPC failed; result=22, HTTP code = 405

405 (Method not allowed)? Can you see what request it is trying to send and to where (the request that fails with 405 that is)?

-Ilari