On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 6:43 PM, Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > One possible option for resumable clones that has been discussed is > letting the server point the client by http to a static bundle > containing most of history, followed by a fetch from the actual git repo > (which should be much cheaper now that we have all of the bundled > history). This series implements "step 0" of this plan: just letting > bundles be fetched across the network in the first place. > > Shawn raised some issues about using bundles for this (as opposed to > accessing the packfiles themselves); specifically, this raises the I/O > footprint of a repository that has to serve both the bundled version of > the pack and the regular packfile. > > So it may be that we don't follow this plan all the way through. > However, even if we don't, fetching bundles over http is still a useful > thing to be able to do. Which makes this first step worth doing either > way. > > [01/14]: t/lib-httpd: check for NO_CURL > [02/14]: http: turn off curl signals > [03/14]: http: refactor http_request function > [04/14]: http: add a public function for arbitrary-callback request > [05/14]: remote-curl: use http callback for requesting refs > [06/14]: transport: factor out bundle to ref list conversion > [07/14]: bundle: add is_bundle_buf helper > [08/14]: remote-curl: free "discovery" object > [09/14]: remote-curl: auto-detect bundles when fetching refs > [10/14]: remote-curl: try base $URL after $URL/info/refs > [11/14]: progress: allow pure-throughput progress meters > [12/14]: remote-curl: show progress for bundle downloads > [13/14]: remote-curl: resume interrupted bundle transfers > [14/14]: clone: give advice on how to resume a failed clone > > -Peff > -- > 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 > I just want to say thank you for doing this.--David Barr -- 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