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From: Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho <antti-juhani@kaijanaho.fi>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] Document the HTTP transport protocol
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:12:15 +0000 (UTC)
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On 2009-10-09, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> 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)?

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Mr. Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho, Jyvaskyla, Finland