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[Orgmode] Re: Suggest changing git repo on website to refer to git proto


From: Manish
Subject: [Orgmode] Re: Suggest changing git repo on website to refer to git protocol
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:14:57 +0530

  On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 7:52 AM, Bernt Hansen wrote:
  > Using the git:// protocol is generally more efficient than http://
  > because you are talking to a smart server on the other end that
  > can just send the packs you need for your fetch operation.
  > http:// is a dumb protocol (in the sense that there is no program
  > on the other end that knows anything about the git repository) so
  > you end up transferring more data than you really need to.

For completeness sake; if you are behind a firewall then, although
inefficient, but HTTP transport may be your only choice (of course
only if you want bleeding edge else you can use release packages.)

  1. $ export http_proxy=your proxy ip/name:port
  2. $ git clone http://repo.or.cz/r/org-mode.git

-- Manish




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