Re: wishlist; unify behavior while cloning non-bare repos over http to be in line with ssh/local

Yaroslav Halchenko [off-list ref] writes:

On Fri, 06 May 2016, Yaroslav Halchenko wrote:

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Dear Git Folks,

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Originally this issue was mentioned in previous thread [1], and I have decided
to bring it into a separate thread.  ATM there is a dichotomy in git behavior
between cloning non-bare repos:  if I clone over ssh or just locally by
providing url without trailing /.git, git senses for /.git and works just fine
with ssh or local repositories, but fails for "dummy" http ones, the demo
script is here [2] which produces output listed below.  From which you can see
that  cloning using http URL to the repository without /.git fails (git version
2.8.1, Debian).  As it was noted in [1], concern could have been to not
traverse website since could lead to dangerous places.  But .git is under
originating url directory, as well as info/ or HEAD or any other object
accessed by git, so IMHO this concern is not a concern.

I am afraid that the reason why you saw no response is primarily
because nobody is interested in extending dumb commit-walker HTTP
transport after the world has largely moved on and abandoned it.

The necessary update to the client might as simple as using
$GIVEN_URL/.git/ and attempting the request again after seeing the
probe for $GIVEN_URL/info/refs fails.