Re: Problem cloning Linus' tree via http

On Tue, 17 Apr 2007, Gerald Ruescher wrote:

stupid newbie question: 

No, I think it's just a "http is stupid", not the newbie.

I'm trying to clone Linus' kernel tree using git 1.5.1.
Since I'm behind a firewall which blocks the git port I use: 

   git clone http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git 

I prune and pack my refs, and I don't think the stupid http-protocol ever 
got support for packed refs. It should be easy to do, but somebody needs 
to do it. It won't be me. I'm not a huge fan of the http protocol ;^p

		Linus