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Request: timeout option for remote operations, esp. "git fetch"

From
HAH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Date
Nov 7, 2013, 17:07 UTC
Message-ID
<527BC8DC.7010108@zytor.com>

When a remote server is unavailable or very slow, some git commands can stall out indefinitely. It would be a very good thing if remote commands -- but especially git fetch -- could be given a timeout.

	-hpa
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  1. H. Peter AnvinNov 7, 2013
  2. Eric WongNov 10, 2013
  3. H. Peter AnvinNov 12, 2013
  4. Junio C HamanoNov 12, 2013
  5. H. Peter AnvinNov 12, 2013
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