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Re: [kernel.org users] Re: auto-packing on kernel.org? please?

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Oct 16, 2005, 16:56 UTC
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Brian Gerst <bgerst@didntduck.org> writes:
>> Is it possible to determine the object locations inside the remote
>> pack
>> file?  If so, it would be possible to use Range: headers to download
>> selected objects from a pack.

That's what the .idx file is for, except that after you fetch the range, you may find you would need something else that the object is delta against.

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Message 20 of 33 in “auto-packing on kernel.org? please?”
  1. Linus TorvaldsOct 13, 2005
  2. Carl BaldwinNov 21, 2005
  3. Linus TorvaldsNov 21, 2005
  4. Junio C HamanoNov 21, 2005
  5. Linus TorvaldsNov 21, 2005
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 21, 2005
  7. Chuck LeverNov 22, 2005
  8. Linus TorvaldsNov 22, 2005
  9. Catalin MarinasNov 22, 2005
  10. Linus TorvaldsNov 22, 2005
  11. Chuck LeverNov 22, 2005
  12. Catalin MarinasNov 23, 2005
  13. Carl BaldwinNov 22, 2005
  14. Linus TorvaldsNov 22, 2005
  15. Linus TorvaldsOct 13, 2005
  16. Dirk BehmeOct 16, 2005
  17. Daniel BarkalowOct 16, 2005
  18. Nick HengeveldOct 16, 2005
  19. Brian GerstOct 16, 2005
  20. Junio C HamanoOct 16, 2005
  21. Nick HengeveldOct 16, 2005
  22. Junio C HamanoOct 16, 2005
  23. Nick HengeveldOct 17, 2005
  24. Junio C HamanoOct 17, 2005
  25. Nick HengeveldOct 17, 2005
  26. Junio C HamanoOct 17, 2005
  27. Daniel BarkalowOct 17, 2005
  28. Linus TorvaldsOct 17, 2005
  29. Nick HengeveldOct 17, 2005
  30. Daniel BarkalowOct 17, 2005
  31. Johannes SchindelinOct 16, 2005
  32. Brian GerstOct 16, 2005
  33. Catalin MarinasNov 23, 2005

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