On Wed, 5 Jan 2011, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Jakub Narebski wrote: > > Zenaan Harkness <zen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > > How hard would it be to add a wget-like mode to git, for the initial > > > repo download? > > > > Very hard; tthough "resumable clone" was often requested (25% > > responders in "Git User's Survey 2010", see [1]), and there was even > > some discussion about possible implementation, it was not implemented > > yet, even as proof of concept. > > > > The trouble is that packfile is *generated for a client*, and > > bit-for-bit representation of said pack can vary (e.g. if > > multithreaded packing is enabled; usually a good idea). > > That said, one possible partial solution would be to automate > generation of a seed bundle for huge repositories (with a script or > a special parameter to "git gc", maybe) and to document serving such a > seed bundle over HTTP as part of the standard setup. If this could be > made simple enough that e.g. all large repos on repo.or.cz had such a > seed bundle then I would call it a success. :) I wonder if adding support for per-project _bundle_ link and 'bundle' action support to gitweb (perhaps only if caching is turned on) would help there... though I am not sure if doenloading fron gitweb is resumable. -- Jakub Narebski Poland -- 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