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Re: http-protocol question

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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 2, 2014, 03:34 UTC
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Hi Bryan,
Bryan Turner wrote:
> Is there actually logic somewhere in Git that does that "MAY walk
> backwards" step?

Yes. See upload-pack.c::check_non_tip and http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/178814.

Hope that helps, Jonathan

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