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Request: git fetch --timeout

Subject: Request: git fetch --timeout

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H. Peter Anvin· Nov 1, 2012, 21:59 UTC · lore

Right now, there are events which can cause git fetch to hang forever. This is really problematic in automatic use.

A git fetch --timeout which would exit with a nonzero exit code if no forward progress is made would be really helpful.

	-hpa

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