linux-kernel - Re: Someone please turn on the http protocol on git.kernel.org!

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Date:	Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:09:33 -0500
From:	Mike Accetta <maccetta@...relnetworks.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Someone please turn on the http protocol on git.kernel.org!

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Timur Tabi wrote:
>> I see we now have a dedicate machine for the git server.  That's 
>> great.  How about turning on the http protocol so that those of use 
>> behind a firewall can clone trees?
> 
>> I get this:
>>
>> $ git-clone http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git.git
>> Initialized empty Git repository in /temp/git/.git/
>> Cannot get remote repository information.
>> Perhaps git-update-server-info needs to be run there?
> 
> Don't use the git server for that, please.  Use 
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/... instead.

Another unfortunate stuck behind a firewall here.  When I try this it chugs
along for a while seeming to work but eventually aborts:

% git clone http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git linus
...
walk 0964ce24d091a1d3dc7f667e1b107ab77d4325e6
walk c264852726dde251a0c09ec22f61a9be8b0db68b
walk 69903d6500c73af8329a5fba7153b0d50748981c
walk b59a9504cb93db7fae31e60760725d48652a1fc3
error: Couldn't get http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git/refs/tags/v2.6.11 for tags/v2.6.11
The requested URL returned error: 404
error: Could not interpret tags/v2.6.11 as something to pull
-- 
Mike Accetta

ECI Telecom Ltd.
Data Networking Division (previously Laurel Networks)
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