From: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 20:35:25 GMT
Subject: Re: [BUG] Cloning with git HEAD fails for some repositories
Message-ID: <20190322203525.nw54axh63zq7lfek@dcvr>
In-Reply-To: <78963dea-9ac8-8fd3-c3cc-6237eee6f974@gmx.de>

Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de> wrote:
> Yes, git HEAD + said patch works with this command:
> git -c http.followRedirects=true clone http://git.denx.de/u-boot-efi.git
> 
> http.followRedirects is documented in man 1 git-config.
> 
> Why would git prior to  17966c0a63d25b1cc2dd1e98d30873e643bd581f~1 work
> without this redirect parameter?
> 
> That following redirects is not secure is already described in
> https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.12.3.txt

17966c0a63d25b1cc2dd1e98d30873e643bd581f predates the
requirement to enable http.followRedirects for http-alternates:
cb4d2d35c4622ec2513c1c352d30ff8f9f9cdb9e
("http: treat http-alternates like redirects")