Re: [RFC] helping smart-http/stateless-rpc fetch race

Shawn Pearce [off-list ref] writes:

On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 16:26, Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:

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Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] writes:

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A separate option would allow admins to let their clients ask to fetch
4bc5fbf (that is v0.99~2) even if that commit is not at the tip of any ref
if they choose to. That is what (1) is about, and people who do not want
a separate option needs to argue that it is an unnecessary "feature".

By the way, I personally do not think it is necessary, but as long timers
on the list may recall, this has come up on the list for a few times.

My feeling is clients aren't likely to do this, or grow this feature
anytime soon, so why add a backend option for it now? Lets add the
feature when the feature is necessary... and right now just fix the
race in smart HTTP.

Yes, that is what is queued in today's 'pu'.