Re: Smart fetch via HTTP?

From: Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com>
Date: May 16, 2007, 05:25 UTC
Message-ID: <46a038f90705152225y529c9db3x8615822e876c25a8@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20070515201006.GD3653@efreet.light.src>

On 5/16/07, Jan Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz> wrote:

> Did anyone already think about fetching over HTTP working similarly to the
> native git protocol?

Do the indexes have enough info to use them with http ranges? It'd be chunkier than a smart protocol, but it'd still work with dumb servers.

cheers,

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