Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] Document the HTTP transport protocol

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On 10/10/2009 03:12 AM, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote:
> On 2009-10-09, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> +If there is no repository at $GIT_URL, the server MUST respond with
>>> +the '404 Not Found' HTTP status code.
>>
>> We may also want to add
>>
>>     If there is no object at $GIT_URL/some/path, the server MUST respond
>>     with the '404 Not Found' HTTP status code.
>>
>> to help dumb clients.
> 
> In both cases - is it really necessary to forbid the use of 410 (Gone)?
> 

410 means "we once had it, it's no longer here, no idea where it went."
 It's a largely useless code...

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