Re: [kernel.org users] Re: auto-packing on kernel.org? please?

Brian Gerst [off-list ref] writes:

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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.

That's what the .idx file is for, except that after you fetch
the range, you may find you would need something else that the
object is delta against.