From: Konstantin Khomoutov <kostix+git@007spb.ru>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 03:10:11 GMT
Subject: Re: GIT smart http vs GIT over ssh
Message-ID: <20120731031011.GA1685@localhost.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <CACbucKnj5tqtAX5tJRRp+O8MA=tMD_xESsREPcAwffNS6Kvfag@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 08:36:07AM +0530, vishwajeet singh wrote:

> Just wanted to know the difference between smart http and ssh and in
> what scenarios we need them
> I am setting up a git server,  can I just do with smart http support
> or I need to enable the ssh support to use git effectively.
> As I understand github provides both the protocols, what's the reason
> for supporting both protocols.
http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-on-the-Server-The-Protocols
http://git-scm.com/2010/03/04/smart-http.html