From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:09:29 GMT
Subject: Re: Git-aware HTTP transport
Message-ID: <48BCD899.3010805@zytor.com>
In-Reply-To: <20080902060608.GG13248@spearce.org>

Shawn O. Pearce wrote:
> 
> Correct.  Today _none_ of the transport protocols allow the server
> to force the client to use some sort of reference repository for an
> initial clone.  There are likely two reasons for this:
> 
>  *) Its a lot simpler to program to just get everything from
>     one location.
> 
>  *) If you really are forking an open source project then in
>     some cases you may need to distribute the full source,
> 	not your delta.  You may just as well distribute the full
> 	source and call it a day.
> 

3) it encourages single points of failure.

	-hpa