Re: Issue 323 in msysgit: Can't clone over http

> I still think github.com should look into this issue (of differing
> responses for HEAD and GET requests).
>
>  -- >8 --
>
> Subject: [PATCH] http.c: remove verification of remote packs
>
> Make http.c::fetch_pack_index() no longer check for the remote pack
> with a HEAD request before fetching the corresponding pack index file.
>
> Not only does sending a HEAD request before we do a GET incur a
> performance penalty, it does not offer any significant error-
> prevention advantages (pack fetching in the *_http_pack_request()
> methods is capable of handling any errors on its own).
>
> This addresses an issue raised elsewhere:
>
>   http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/issues/detail?id=323
>   http://support.github.com/discussions/repos/957-cant-clone-over-http-or-git
>
> Signed-off-by: Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com>
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>
> Junio, I'm not sure if the credits and references ("This addresses...")
> should be included, since the patch doesn't look like it's fixing any
> thing, even though it is a response to an acknowledged issue.
>
> Please remove those lines if you so wish.