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Re: More on git over HTTP POST

From
HAH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Date
Aug 3, 2008, 11:31 UTC
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<48959701.5050705@zytor.com>
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<20080803041258.GE27465@spearce.org>
Shawn O. Pearce wrote:
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> 
> But from the client side perspective the chunked transfer encoding
> is used only to avoid generating in advance and producing the
> content-length header.  I fully expect the encoding to disappear
> (e.g. in a proxy, or in the HTTP client library) before any sort
> of Git code gets its fingers on the data.
> 
> Hence to your other remark, I _do not_ rely upon the encoding
> boundaries to remain intact.  That is why there is Git pkt-line
> encodings inside of the HTTP data stream.  We can rely on the
> pkt-line encoding being present, even if the HTTP chunks were
> moved around (or removed entirely) by a proxy.
> 

Excellent. I did not mean that as criticism, obviously, I just wanted that to be clear.

HTTP/1.1 does chunked encoding, and HTTP/1.0 does terminate on connection close; both serve the same purpose.

	-hpa
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  2. Shawn O. PearceAug 2, 2008
  3. Daniel StenbergAug 2, 2008
  4. Shawn O. PearceAug 2, 2008
  5. Petr BaudisAug 2, 2008
  6. Shawn O. PearceAug 2, 2008
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  8. Junio C HamanoAug 3, 2008
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  10. H. Peter AnvinAug 3, 2008
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  16. Shawn O. PearceAug 3, 2008
  17. H. Peter AnvinAug 3, 2008
  18. H. Peter AnvinAug 3, 2008
  19. Mike HommeyAug 3, 2008
  20. 1/2 Add backdoor options to receive-pack for use in Git-aware CGIShawn O. Pearce, Aug 3, 2008
  21. 2/2 Add Git-aware CGI for Git-aware smart HTTP transportShawn O. Pearce, Aug 3, 2008
  22. H. Peter AnvinAug 3, 2008
  23. Shawn O. PearceAug 3, 2008
  24. Junio C HamanoAug 3, 2008
  25. Shawn O. PearceAug 4, 2008
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  34. H. Peter AnvinAug 5, 2008
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  37. Shawn O. PearceAug 5, 2008
  38. H. Peter AnvinAug 5, 2008
  39. Add Git-aware CGI for Git-aware smart HTTP transportH. Peter Anvin, Aug 13, 2008
  40. Shawn O. PearceAug 13, 2008

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