From: Aubrey Li <aubreylee@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:38:18 GMT
Subject: Re: git clone problem through HTTP
Message-ID: <6d6a94c50704200638y7cd3c81aj3ff7f78863f4ab8d@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0704201245330.10595@reaper.quantumfyre.co.uk>

On 4/20/07, Julian Phillips <julian@quantumfyre.co.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Apr 2007, Aubrey Li wrote:
>
> > I'm behind of a firewall on which the git port is not permitted, so I
> > can only use http protocol. Unfortunately, I can't clone linus' git
> > tree at all.
>
> Linus packs his refs, which means that currently you can't clone using
> http, with any version of git.

I really don't understand why packed refs or not depend on the protocol.
It doesn't make any sense.
>
> Try http://repo.or.cz/r/linux-2.6.git/ instead?  This appears to be a
> straight clone, but without packed refs.

Does git support to update working copy to a different URL? for
example, I clone the repo through GIT, and switch the working copy to
HTTP, is it possible?
Or clone it from http://repo.or.cz/r/linux-2.6.git, and switch it to
www.kernel.org?

-Aubrey