From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 19:52:38 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 18/18] signed push: final protocol update
Message-ID: <xmqqa96rhvuh.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqiolfhwhi.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> That is unfortunate.  Would it be a major surgery to update the
> protocol not to do that, perhaps by moving the command list from 3
> to 2 (the latter of which is not currently doing anything useful
> payload-wise, other than flushing a HTTP request early)?

Nah, that was one of the most stupid thing I ever said here X.
There is nothing that ties #2 and #3 unless the server side keeps
some state, so that would not work very well X-<.

>
>> Push on smart HTTP is 3 HTTP requests:
>>
>>   1)  get advertisement
>>   2)  POST empty flush packet to tickle auth (literally just "0000").
>>   3)  POST command list + pack