Re: Regarding the depreciation of ssh+git/git+ssh protocols

From: Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com>
Date: Mar 17, 2021, 14:49 UTC
Message-ID: <C9ZPK5OX52X9.Y1EGN6VC1MRL@taiga>
In-Reply-To: <YFEh2LxvsSP+x7d2@coredump.intra.peff.net>

On Tue Mar 16, 2021 at 5:23 PM EDT, Jeff King wrote:

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> - one of the advantages of straight http:// URLs is that they can
> accessed by multiple tools. Most "forge" tools let you use the same
> URL both for getting a human-readable page in a browser, as well as
> accessing the repository with the Git CLI. I'd hate to see https+git
> URLs become common, because they add friction there (though simply
> supporting them at all gives people the choice of whether to use
> them).

I think their main use-cases would be limited to places where the distinction is necessary, such as for those packaging or CI tools. I don't expect us to end up in a situation where users are passing each other git+https URLs in everyday conversation.

> - I'm also sympathetic to brian's point that there's a wider
> ecosystem. It's not just "git" that needs to learn them. It's jgit,
> and libgit2, and many tools that work with git remotes.

I would be happy to write the necessary patch for libgit2, at least.