From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 01:02:27 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] remote-curl: don't hang when a server dies before any output
Message-ID: <xmqqa8d1v9lo.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20161115004426.unheihlmftlw6ex7@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> Actually, I take it back. I think it works for a single round of ref
> negotiation, but not for multiple. Enabling GIT_TEST_LONG=1 causes it to
> fail t5551.
>
> I think I've probably made a mis-assumption on exactly when in the HTTP
> protocol we will see a flush packet (and perhaps that is a sign that
> this protocol-snooping approach is not a good one).

Hmph.  I think I tried David's original under GIT_TEST_LONG and saw
it got stuck; could be the same issue, I guess.