A proposed Subversion vision and roadmap [LWN.net]

A proposed Subversion vision and roadmap

Posted Apr 6, 2010 20:24 UTC (Tue) by vonbrand (subscriber, #4458)
In reply to: A proposed Subversion vision and roadmap by fperrin
Parent article: A proposed Subversion vision and roadmap

AFAIU, the (dumb) HTTP transport for git just gets each object as a separate file, precisely so that no "smart" HTTP tool on the path messes up the communication. It is slow as molasses in winter, but should work everywhere. There isn't any "pages long setup" for this on the server either...

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A proposed Subversion vision and roadmap

Posted Apr 8, 2010 2:12 UTC (Thu) by smurf (subscriber, #17840) [Link]

> GETting each separate file

That happens if you intentionally never repack your archive and never update the index file. Not a problem in real life, at least not for initially cloning an archive.