Re: Issue 323 in msysgit: Can't clone over http

Hi,

On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 3:06 AM, Junio C Hamano[off-list ref] wrote:

I am torn about this.

On one hand, if we are going to treat such a half failure as nothing
conclusive, I do not see a point to keep that check to begin with.

On the other hand, if a HEAD request to a URL results in an unauthorized,
what plausible excuse the server operator could give for allowing a GET
request to the same URL?  If we are going to keep the check if *.pack that
corresponds to the *.idx will be available, shouldn't we trust whatever
check we perform?

I am in favour or removing this check, not just due to its
unreliability, but for the sake of consistency (we very rarely send a
HEAD request to poll data before doing a GET).

Do disregard the patch included earlier, if you haven't already done so.

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Cheers,
Ray Chuan