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Re: should Documentation/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt be marked obsolete?

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Oct 22, 2010, 18:36 UTC
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Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com> writes:
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>> Not everybody uses gitolite, and I do not think we have broken the dumb
>> HTTP support (however broken the original was ;-) to render the document
>> obsolete.
>
> My apologies; I didn't realise my mail would come across like that.
Oh no need for that; I didn't realise -my- response would, either ;-)
> I just followed "man git-http-backend" and it all worked.  Should there be more?
No; that would mean the next step would be (as you suggested)...
>>  - When the above two is done, insert one line "This describes an older
>>   way; see <<insert the name of the other document here>> for insn to set
>>   up an experimental smart HTTP server" at the beginning of the original
>>   document.
... this one.
I trust you can take care of the gitolite documentation side ;-)
Thanks.
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  1. Sitaram ChamartyOct 22, 2010
  2. Junio C HamanoOct 22, 2010
  3. Sitaram ChamartyOct 22, 2010
  4. Jonathan NiederOct 22, 2010
  5. Sitaram ChamartyOct 23, 2010
  6. Jakub NarebskiOct 23, 2010
  7. Junio C HamanoOct 22, 2010
  8. Sitaram ChamartyOct 23, 2010

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