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Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] Document the HTTP transport protocol

From
Scott Chacon <schacon@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 6, 2010, 04:57 UTC
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<m2md411cc4a1004052157v200f902ek22420456e4a45512@mail.gmail.com>
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Hey,
On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 10:22 PM, Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> wrote:
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> Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt |  542 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 files changed, 542 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt

I just spent a while looking for this in my email archive - why was this document not added to the technical/ dir? Can we put it there?

Scott
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Message 28 of 46 in “Return of smart HTTP”
  1. 0/4 Return of smart HTTPShawn O. Pearce, Oct 9, 2009
  2. 1/4 Document the HTTP transport protocolShawn O. Pearce, Oct 9, 2009
  3. 2/4 Git-aware CGI to provide dumb HTTP transportShawn O. Pearce, Oct 9, 2009
  4. 3/4 Add smart-http options to upload-pack, receive-packShawn O. Pearce, Oct 9, 2009
  5. 4/4 Smart fetch and push over HTTP: server sideShawn O. Pearce, Oct 9, 2009
  6. J.H.Oct 9, 2009
  7. Sverre RabbelierOct 9, 2009
  8. Sverre RabbelierOct 9, 2009
  9. Alex BlewittOct 9, 2009
  10. Shawn O. PearceOct 15, 2009
  11. Jakub NarebskiOct 9, 2009
  12. Jeff KingOct 9, 2009
  13. Shawn O. PearceOct 15, 2009
  14. Jeff KingOct 15, 2009
  15. Junio C HamanoOct 9, 2009
  16. Antti-Juhani KaijanahoOct 10, 2009
  17. H. Peter AnvinOct 16, 2009
  18. Mike HommeyOct 16, 2009
  19. Shawn O. PearceOct 16, 2009
  20. Antti-Juhani KaijanahoOct 16, 2009
  21. Tay Ray ChuanApr 7, 2010
  22. Tay Ray ChuanApr 7, 2010
  23. (resend v2) Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] Document the HTTP transport protocolTay Ray Chuan, Apr 7, 2010
  24. Junio C HamanoApr 7, 2010
  25. Tay Ray ChuanApr 8, 2010
  26. (resend v2) Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] Document the HTTP transport protocolTay Ray Chuan, Apr 7, 2010
  27. Tay Ray ChuanOct 10, 2009
  28. Scott ChaconApr 6, 2010
  29. Junio C HamanoApr 6, 2010
  30. 00/14 document edits to original http protocol documentationTay Ray Chuan, Sep 10, 2013
  31. 01/14 Document the HTTP transport protocolTay Ray Chuan, Sep 10, 2013
  32. 02/14 normalize indentation with protcol-common.txtTay Ray Chuan, Sep 10, 2013
  33. 03/14 capitalize key words according to RFC 2119Tay Ray Chuan, Sep 10, 2013
  34. 04/14 normalize rules with RFC 5234Tay Ray Chuan, Sep 10, 2013
  35. 05/14 drop rules, etc. common to the pack protocolTay Ray Chuan, Sep 10, 2013
  36. 06/14 reword behaviour on missing repository or objectsTay Ray Chuan, Sep 10, 2013
  37. 07/14 weaken specification over cookies for authenticationTay Ray Chuan, Sep 10, 2013
  38. 08/14 mention different variations around $GIT_URLTay Ray Chuan, Sep 10, 2013
  39. 09/14 reduce ambiguity over '?' in $GIT_URL for dumb clientsTay Ray Chuan, Sep 10, 2013
  40. 10/14 fix example request/responsesTay Ray Chuan, Sep 10, 2013
  41. 11/14 be clearer in place of 'remote repository' phraseTay Ray Chuan, Sep 10, 2013
  42. 12/14 reduce confusion over smart server response behaviourTay Ray Chuan, Sep 10, 2013
  43. 13/14 shift dumb server response detailsTay Ray Chuan, Sep 10, 2013
  44. 14/14 mention effect of "allow-tip-sha1-in-want" capability on git-upload-packTay Ray Chuan, Sep 10, 2013
  45. 1/4 Document the HTTP transport protocolScott Chacon, Apr 6, 2010
  46. Junio C HamanoApr 6, 2010

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