From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 16:56:49 GMT
Subject: Re: [kernel.org users] Re: auto-packing on kernel.org? please?
Message-ID: <7vzmp9xuwe.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <43527E86.8000907@didntduck.org>

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.