Re: [feature request] resume capability for users in enemies of Internet countries

From: Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>
Date: Oct 7, 2022, 14:24 UTC
Message-ID: <ae9de8dd-d1e6-2898-90cb-2a6593aa8f3a@github.com>
In-Reply-To: <8e11ecf0-735a-a104-a3d1-8324fbd76862@iee.email>

On 10/7/22 6:03 AM, Philip Oakley wrote:

> On 07/10/2022 08:26, Eric Wong wrote:

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>> Perhaps GIT_SMART_HTTP=0 and having dumb clones not throwaway
>> incomplete xfers would be more transparent to hosters, but dumb
>> HTTP tends to be slow even on good connections.
> 
> There is work going on by Stollee (cc'd) on Bundle-URIs that look to
> split up repository serving into bite sized chunk, so may be worth
> looking at.
> https://lore.kernel.org/git/pull.1248.v4.git.1660050761.gitgitgadget@gmail.com/
> : [PATCH v4 0/2] bundle URIs: design doc
> 
> Also discussed at the recent Contributor's Summit
> https://lore.kernel.org/git/YzXvwv%2FzK5AjhVvV@nand.local/ : [TOPIC 1/8]
> Bundle URIs

Thanks, Philip.

The bundle URIs feature should make it possible to help here.

One is that we could break the clone into smaller pieces, but I think that most bundle providers will still have at least one bundle with "most" of the repo. The real payoff is that we should be able to have resumable downloads for those bundles (pending some implementation details, but I'm waiting for the rest of the series to land first).

Of course, this all depends on the host providing bundles and advertising them, but we will get to that when we can.

Thanks, -Stolee