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Re: git smart protocol via WebSockets - feedback wanted

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Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Jun 5, 2012, 18:36 UTC
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On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Stephan Peijnik <stephan@peijnik.at> wrote:
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> Since I have been working on a proof of concept showing that git's smart
> protocol can be tunneled via WebSocket connections quite easily [0] I wanted
> to ask for some feedback on the idea in general and on my implementation
> [1].
>
> So, basically, what do you think about tunneling git's smart protocol via
> WebSockets (and thus HTTP)?
...
> [0]
> http://blog.sp.or.at/2012/06/git-smart-protocol-via-websockets-proof.html
> [1] https://github.com/speijnik/gitws

How does this compare with the smart HTTP protocol that has been supported since Git 1.6.6, and uses the git-http-backend CGI at the server side?

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  6. Shawn PearceJun 5, 2012
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