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"IMAP IDLE"-like long-polling "git fetch"

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EWEric Wong <e@80x24.org>
Date
Dec 29, 2018, 03:56 UTC
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Hey all, I just added this to the TODO file for public-inbox[1] but obviously it's intended for git.git (meta@public-inbox cc-ed):

> +* Contribute something like IMAP IDLE for "git fetch".
> +  Inboxes (and any git repos) can be kept up-to-date without
> +  relying on polling.

I would've thought somebody had done this by now, but I guess it's dependent on a bunch of things (TLS layer nowadays, maybe HTTP/2), so git-daemon support alone wouldn't cut it...

Anyways, until this is implemented, feel free to continue hammering a way on https://public-inbox.org/git/ with frequent "git fetch". I write C10K servers in my sleep -_-

[1] https://public-inbox.org/meta/20181229034342.11543-1-e@80x24.org/
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