On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 11:26:16AM +0100, Fabien wrote: > Hi, > > Following my last email about locks problem with reiserfs (see > git-http-push (git v1.5) problems with DAVLockDB on reiserfs FS), I was > wondering how reliable is git-http-push. > Another problem I see is the password in clear text in ~/.netrc to avoid > to type passwords all the time. > > Finally, hooks don't work when using git over http (yep, I know, it's a > "dumb" protocol)... 1.6.6 introduced Smart HTTP. It is much more efficient, can run hooks and has same kind of atomicity guarantees as ssh://, but it has few shorcomings: - Requires server support (CGI script & Git 1.6.6+) - Hook messages don't work (at least with 1.6.6.X/1.7.0.X) - Requires 1.6.6+ on client side - Authentication still sucks (no surprise, auth with HTTP just plain sucks). But I regard HTTP fetch/push as backup for cases where git:// and ssh:// are not possible. -Ilari -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html