From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:36:38 GMT
Subject: Re: should Documentation/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt be marked obsolete?
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In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinv3kzvtC_Pq4F0cM_JqU7-Q2a=sWs8YSxbMiPs@mail.gmail.com>

Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com> writes:

>> 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.