From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: Git-aware HTTP transport Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:42:37 -0700 Message-ID: <48B389BD.9050606@zytor.com> References: <20080826012643.GD26523@spearce.org> <48B36BCA.8060103@zytor.com> <20080826034544.GA32334@spearce.org> <48B38377.3050901@zytor.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "Shawn O. Pearce" , git@vger.kernel.org To: david@lang.hm X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Aug 26 06:43:56 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KXqPJ-0005f7-Rx for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:43:54 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750863AbYHZEmq (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:42:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750830AbYHZEmq (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:42:46 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:34720 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750815AbYHZEmq (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:42:46 -0400 Received: from mail.hos.anvin.org (c-98-210-181-100.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [98.210.181.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by terminus.zytor.com (8.14.2/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m7Q4giwD025470 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:42:44 -0700 Received: from tazenda.hos.anvin.org (tazenda.hos.anvin.org [172.27.0.16]) by mail.hos.anvin.org (8.14.2/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m7Q4ghfn005327; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:42:43 -0700 Received: from tazenda.hos.anvin.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by tazenda.hos.anvin.org (8.14.2/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m7Q4gbP0025532; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:42:38 -0700 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080501) In-Reply-To: X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.93.3/8089/Mon Aug 25 17:28:51 2008 on terminus.zytor.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: david@lang.hm wrote: > On Mon, 25 Aug 2008, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > >> david@lang.hm wrote: >>> >>> on the other hand, it would be a good thing if pack files could be >>> cached. >>> >>> in a peer-peer git environment the cache would not be used very much, >>> but when you have a large number of people tracking a central >>> repository (or even a pseudo-central one like the kernel) you have a >>> lot of people upgrading from one point to the next point. >>> >> >> Worth noting that this also applies to the raw git protocol. > > IIRC the native git server will use existing packs when it can. > Yes (and the smart http server should, too). However, neither of them can currently generate new packfiles and save them for future use in a separate directory from the repository tree. -hpa