From: Julian Phillips <julian@quantumfyre.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:48:04 GMT
Subject: Re: git clone problem through HTTP
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0704201245330.10595@reaper.quantumfyre.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <6d6a94c50704200015p65dc4a8dn4abd8aaed35b9521@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, 20 Apr 2007, Aubrey Li wrote:

> I'm behind of a firewall on which the git port is not permitted, so I
> can only use http protocol. Unfortunately, I can't clone linus' git
> tree at all.

Linus packs his refs, which means that currently you can't clone using 
http, with any version of git.

Try http://repo.or.cz/r/linux-2.6.git/ instead?  This appears to be a 
straight clone, but without packed refs.

-- 
Julian

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