From: Ken Pratt Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:34:27 GMT Subject: Re: pack operation is thrashing my server Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <46a038f90808101630k4bcdef91h64189a2991106174@mail.gmail.com> Sounds good. >> How does git over rsync work? It is unauthenticated, like git over >> http? Or authenticated, like git+ssh? > > I've always used it as rsync+ssh. Not sure about bare rsync. Do you use file-level rsync+ssh? Or rsync+ssh with git? When I try a "git clone rsync+ssh://foo.bar.com/var/git/bar", I get a "fatal: I don't handle protocol 'rsync+ssh'" error. I know git supports the rsync protocol, but I don't think installing an rsync server and using bare rsync will be an option in this case. Thanks again, Ken