# [PATCH] gitweb: Don't use Content-Encoding: header in git_snapshot

1 messages from 2006-12-11 to 2006-12-11. Participants: Jakub Narebski.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/43741

## Jakub Narebski, 2006-12-11 17:09

Subject: [PATCH] gitweb: Don't use Content-Encoding: header in git_snapshot
Message-ID: <11658569982522-git-send-email-jnareb@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/11658569982522-git-send-email-jnareb%40gmail.com

```
Do not use Content-Encoding: HTTP header in git_snapshot, using
instead type according to the snapshot type (compression type).
Some of web browser take Content-Encoding: to be _transparent_
also for downloading, and store decompressed file (with incorrect
compression suffix) on download.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
---
 gitweb/gitweb.perl |    3 +--
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index 7d24c10..040ee71 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -3489,8 +3489,7 @@ sub git_snapshot {
 	my $filename = basename($project) . "-$hash.tar.$suffix";
 
 	print $cgi->header(
-		-type => 'application/x-tar',
-		-content_encoding => $ctype,
+		-type => "application/$ctype",
 		-content_disposition => 'inline; filename="' . "$filename" . '"',
 		-status => '200 OK');
 
-- 
1.4.4.1

```