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Re: [PATCH v2] t5551: mark half-auth no-op fetch test as v0-only

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Mar 23, 2019, 07:05 UTC
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<20190323070548.GA24065@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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<20190322190139.151189-1-jonathantanmy@google.com>
On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 12:01:39PM -0700, Jonathan Tan wrote:
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> When using protocol v0, upload-pack over HTTP permits a "half-auth"
> configuration in which, at the web server layer, the info/refs path is
> not protected by authentication but the git-upload-pack path is, so that
> a user can perform fetches that do not download any objects without
> authentication, but still needs authentication to download objects.
> 
> But protocol v2 does not support this, because both ref and pack are
> obtained from the git-upload-pack path.
> 
> Mark the test verifying this behavior as protocol v0-only, with a
> description of what needs to be done to make v2 support this.
Thanks, this looks like a fine solution to me.

I do not really expect anyone will ever get around to this NEEDSWORK, but we can see. :)

-Peff
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Message 10 of 12 in “t5551: delete auth-for-pack-but-not-refs test”
  1. t5551: delete auth-for-pack-but-not-refs testJonathan Tan, Mar 21, 2019
  2. Jeff KingMar 21, 2019
  3. Jeff KingMar 21, 2019
  4. Jonathan TanMar 21, 2019
  5. Jeff KingMar 21, 2019
  6. Jonathan TanMar 21, 2019
  7. Junio C HamanoMar 22, 2019
  8. Jonathan TanMar 22, 2019
  9. t5551: mark half-auth no-op fetch test as v0-onlyJonathan Tan, Mar 22, 2019
  10. Jeff KingMar 23, 2019
  11. Jonathan NiederApr 6, 2019
  12. Jonathan TanApr 8, 2019

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