From: Ted Nyman <tnyman@openai.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 18:31:39 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] http: use unique tempfiles for packfile URI downloads
Message-ID: <alaAi4vNwi-KabYV@com-76773>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqcxwptpb0.fsf@gitster.g>

> I share that sentiment. I am not entirely convinced by Ted's
> response, since a major goal of the packfile URI feature, as I
> understand it, is to allow the use of resumable protocols for
> large transfers.

Agreed. I was too quick to dismiss the loss of resumption.

I'll take another look at preserving the predictable partial pack while
preventing concurrent writers, including the handoff and stale-file
cases Peff raised. Dumb HTTP has the same underlying concurrency issue,
so I'll keep that path in mind as well before sending a reroll.

Thanks,
Ted