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Re: StGIT repository not clonable?

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 11, 2006, 22:48 UTC
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Catalin Marinas wrote:
> IIRC, there was some advise in some GIT document
> or e-mail saying that you shouldn't pack if the export is over a dumb
> protocol. That's good for people pulling regularly but bad for
> cloning.

By the way, does dumb protocols download _whole_ packs only? Or do they download parts of packs (curl can do that, I think)?

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
ShadeHawk on #git
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  1. Horst H. von BrandNov 11, 2006
  2. Karl HasselströmNov 11, 2006
  3. Catalin MarinasNov 11, 2006
  4. Karl HasselströmNov 11, 2006
  5. Jakub NarebskiNov 11, 2006
  6. Petr BaudisNov 12, 2006

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