Disabling HTTP access to git repos

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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Hey Metze,

> Gerald (Jerry) Carter schrieb:
>> Folks,
>>
>> I've asked Deryck to disable the access to URLS at
>> http://people.samba.org/git/.  This is due to HTTP's
>> inefficient transport of git repositories.
> 
> Is that really a problem?

The bandwidth usage on us2 quadrupled yesterday due to
multiple git-clones via http.

>> I'd like to ensure that all access is done either via
>> git:// or ssh:// protocols.  Does anyone see a really big
>> problem with this?
> 
> Not a big one, but being able to use git via a http proxy is 
> sometimes really useful.

If there is a pressure from developers, I'd be happy to open
it back up.  But I think the git-clones from yesterday where
just confusion between http:// and git:// URLs.




cheers, jerry
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