Re: git-daemon on NSLU2

On Mon, 27 Aug 2007, Theodore Tso wrote:

What if the server sends a message which current clients interprets as
an error, and which newer clients could interpret as, "do a clone from
<this> URL, and then come back and talk to me".  Basically an
automated redirect to get the "Linus base pack" somewhere else, and
then to go back to the original server.  It certainly doesn't make
sense to change anything about the low-level protocol, but maybe a
higher level redirect would make sense, just as a user convenience thing.

I agree, a redirect might be a good idea regardless of whether it's 
something like "I'm a poor little NSLU2, please don't do anything but 
incremental updates", or whether it's something like "this repository has 
moved, use address xyz instead".

And it should be pretty easy from a high-level protocol, although it does 
obviously need both server and client support.

			Linus