Re: With big repos and slower connections, git clone can be hard to work with

> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> 
> > I think they serve two different purposes. A packfile URI does not have
> > any connectivity guarantees. So it lets a server say "here's all the
> > objects, except for XYZ which you should fetch from this URL". That's
> > good for offloading pieces of a clone, like single large objects.
> >
> > Whereas bundle URIs require very little cooperation from the server.
> > While a server can advertise bundle URIs, it doesn't need to know about
> > the particular bundle a client grabbed. The client comes back with the
> > usual have/want, just like any other fetching client.
> 
> Yes, a bundle being a self-contained "object-store + tips", it is
> a much more suitable building block for offloading clone traffic.