From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>
It is unclear if '?' can be part of $GIT_URL. E.g.
$ wget http://example.xz/serve.cgi?path=git.git/info/refs
$ git clone http://example.xz/serve.cgi?path=git.git
Signed-off-by: Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@xxxxxxxxx>
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Notes:
- said "request to" instead of Junio's "request against", for
consistency with the rest of the document.
- said "E.g." instead of "I.e." since it's an example request and
response
Based on:
From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <7vskdss3ei.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> +Dumb Clients
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +
> +HTTP clients that only support the "dumb" protocol MUST discover
> +references by making a request for the special info/refs file of
> +the repository.
> +
> +Dumb HTTP clients MUST NOT include search/query parameters when
> +fetching the info/refs file. (That is, '?' must not appear in the
> +requested URL.)
It is unclear if '?' can be part of $GIT_URL. E.g.
$ wget http://example.xz/serve.cgi?path=git.git/info/refs
$ git clone http://example.xz/serve.cgi?path=git.git
It might be clearer to just say
Dumb HTTP clients MUST make a GET request against $GIT_URL/info/refs,
without any search/query parameters. I.e.
C: GET $GIT_URL/info/refs HTTP/1.0
to also exclude methods other than GET.
---
Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt b/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt
index d0955c2..5141c6a 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt
@@ -150,9 +150,8 @@ HTTP clients that only support the "dumb" protocol MUST discover
references by making a request for the special info/refs file of
the repository.
-Dumb HTTP clients MUST NOT include search/query parameters when
-fetching the info/refs file. (That is, '?' MUST NOT appear in the
-requested URL.)
+Dumb HTTP clients MUST make a GET request to $GIT_URL/info/refs,
+without any search/query parameters. E.g.
C: GET $GIT_URL/info/refs HTTP/1.0
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