From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 22:13:08 GMT
Subject: Re: wishlist; unify behavior while cloning non-bare repos over http to be in line with ssh/local
Message-ID: <xmqq8tzhmuiz.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20160510221032.GV23764@onerussian.com>

Yaroslav Halchenko <yoh@onerussian.com> writes:

>> The necessary update to the client might be as simple as using
>> $GIVEN_URL/.git/ and attempting the request again after seeing the
>> probe for $GIVEN_URL/info/refs fails.
>
> Sure -- workarounds are possible,...

Just so that there is no misunderstanding, the above was not a
workaround but is an outline of an implementation of updated http
client shipped with Git.