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Subject: Re: [kernel.org users] Re: auto-packing on kernel.org? please?
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On Sun, Oct 16, 2005 at 11:44:46AM -0400, Daniel Barkalow wrote:

> This is the problem: it's impossible to download only a few objects from a 
> pack file from an HTTP server, because those don't exist on the server as 
> separate files.

Is it possible to determine the object locations inside the remote pack
file?  If so, it would be possible to use Range: headers to download
selected objects from a pack.

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