From: Linus Torvalds Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:19:31 GMT Subject: Re: git-daemon on NSLU2 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <9e4733910708261200m5e4c3019g490ffc29b171ef08@mail.gmail.com> On Sun, 26 Aug 2007, Jon Smirl wrote: > > A really simple change to the git protocol would be to make the client > loop on the request. On the first request the server would see that > the client has no objects and send the "base Linus pack". The client > would then loop around and repeat the process which will trigger the > current pack building process. Jon, just give it up. The fact is, the git protocol works the right way already. > I'm not buying the security argument. If you want something kept hidden > get it out of the public db. If I know the sha of the hidden object > can't I just add a head for it and git-deamon will happily send it and > the chain up to it to me? That's a particularly idiotic statement. If you know the SHA1, there can *by*definition* not be any hidden objects. The SHA1 depends on the object chain. Linus