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

Tay Ray Chuan [off-list ref] writes:

I still think github.com should look into this issue (of differing
responses for HEAD and GET requests).

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Subject: [PATCH] http.c: remove verification of remote packs

Make http.c::fetch_pack_index() no longer check for the remote pack
with a HEAD request before fetching the corresponding pack index file.

Not only does sending a HEAD request before we do a GET incur a
performance penalty, it does not offer any significant error-
prevention advantages (pack fetching in the *_http_pack_request()
methods is capable of handling any errors on its own).

This addresses an issue raised elsewhere:

  http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/issues/detail?id=323
  http://support.github.com/discussions/repos/957-cant-clone-over-http-or-git

Signed-off-by: Tay Ray Chuan <redacted>
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Junio, I'm not sure if the credits and references ("This addresses...")
should be included, since the patch doesn't look like it's fixing any
thing, even though it is a response to an acknowledged issue.

Please remove those lines if you so wish.

I think the backstory deserves to be recorded in this case, which is what
you did.

Thanks.