Re: [PATCH] http-backend: treat empty CONTENT_LENGTH as zero

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sep 12, 2018, 16:10 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqk1nqn1bm.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20180912055626.GA13642@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

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> I really wonder if this topic is worth pursuing further without finding
> a real-world case that actually fails with the v2.19 code. I.e., is
> there actually a server that doesn't set CONTENT_LENGTH and really can't
> handle read-to-eof? It's plausible to me, but it's also equally
> plausible that we'd be breaking some other case.

OK.

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