Re: Someone please turn on the http protocol on git.kernel.org!

[Mike Accetta]

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Timur Tabi wrote:
> > I see we now have a dedicate machine for the git server.  That's 
> > great.  How about turning on the http protocol so that those of use 
> > behind a firewall can clone trees?
>
> > I get this:
> >
> > $ git-clone http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git.git
> > Initialized empty Git repository in /temp/git/.git/
> > Cannot get remote repository information.
> > Perhaps git-update-server-info needs to be run there?
>
> Don't use the git server for that, please.  Use 
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/... instead.

Another unfortunate stuck behind a firewall here.  When I try this it chugs
along for a while seeming to work but eventually aborts:

% git clone http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git linus
...
walk 0964ce24d091a1d3dc7f667e1b107ab77d4325e6
walk c264852726dde251a0c09ec22f61a9be8b0db68b
walk 69903d6500c73af8329a5fba7153b0d50748981c
walk b59a9504cb93db7fae31e60760725d48652a1fc3
error: Couldn't get http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git/refs/tags/v2.6.11 for tags/v2.6.11
The requested URL returned error: 404
error: Could not interpret tags/v2.6.11 as something to pull
--
Mike Accetta

ECI Telecom Ltd.
Data Networking Division (previously Laurel Networks)
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