Re: repo.or.cz being not well???

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jul 1, 2013, 23:10 UTC
Message-ID: <7vy59p98qk.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <CB8FBC9A-B24D-4EAC-820F-A40472387FD9@gmail.com>

Kyle McKay <mackyle@gmail.com> writes:

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> I was not previously aware that URLs not shown on that page were
> accepted, thank you for bringing it to my attention.
>
> Do you feel that it's important to accept these alternate URL versions
> that are not listed on the project page:
>
> 1) Optional trailing '/'
> 2) For the ssh scp form, optional leading '/'

I am on the fence. As long as the accepted URL forms are advertised clearly (which you guys do indeed do), I do not think there is much reason to spend effort to "loosen" it again. People can adjust. On the other hand, loosening _might_ reduce the cost of "support calls" (like the one I just did) from long-time users. I dunno.

I just (1) was curious, as getting "error 403" when I didn't mean to talk to an HTTP server was strange, and (2) wanted to make sure I am talking with the same repo.or.cz without a funny MITM. If I sounded like complaining, that wasn't intended, and I am sorry.

Thanks for serving the community for all those years.