From: Junio C Hamano Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 09:17:25 GMT Subject: Re: dumb transports not being welcomed.. Message-ID: <7v1x3q4rmi.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> In-Reply-To: Linus Torvalds writes: > Also, I really do think that the dumb transports are oversold, and > git-daemon is undersold. I know all about firewalls, but I also think that > if people used the smart protocols more, that's a problem that would > largely solve itself. This reminds me of one thing I've been wanting to have on the client side (git-fetch-pack): HTTP CONNECT passthru ala "tn-gw-nav -H", which is one of the ways many people ssh out over firewalls if I understand correctly. CVS pserver protocol seems to do the same using `proxy' connection option. Anybody interested?