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Re: Issue 323 in msysgit: Can't clone over http

From
Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 8, 2009, 13:10 UTC
Message-ID
<be6fef0d0909080610j89c0a4bkf1cb0119b9b11db@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi,
On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 3:06 AM, Junio C Hamano<gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> I am torn about this.
>
> On one hand, if we are going to treat such a half failure as nothing
> conclusive, I do not see a point to keep that check to begin with.
>
> On the other hand, if a HEAD request to a URL results in an unauthorized,
> what plausible excuse the server operator could give for allowing a GET
> request to the same URL?  If we are going to keep the check if *.pack that
> corresponds to the *.idx will be available, shouldn't we trust whatever
> check we perform?

I am in favour or removing this check, not just due to its unreliability, but for the sake of consistency (we very rarely send a HEAD request to poll data before doing a GET).

Do disregard the patch included earlier, if you haven't already done so.
-- 
Cheers,
Ray Chuan
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Message 11 of 16 in “Re: Issue 323 in msysgit: Can't clone over http”
  1. Junio C HamanoSep 4, 2009
  2. Tay Ray ChuanSep 4, 2009
  3. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2009
  4. Tay Ray ChuanSep 7, 2009
  5. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2009
  7. Tay Ray ChuanSep 7, 2009
  8. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2009
  9. Jakub NarebskiSep 8, 2009
  10. Tay Ray ChuanSep 8, 2009
  11. Tay Ray ChuanSep 8, 2009
  12. Tay Ray ChuanSep 9, 2009
  13. Junio C HamanoSep 9, 2009
  14. Junio C HamanoSep 11, 2009
  15. Tay Ray ChuanSep 12, 2009
  16. Junio C HamanoSep 12, 2009

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