From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Manish Subject: Re: Suggest changing git repo on website to refer to git protocol Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:14:57 +0530 Message-ID: References: <6dbd4d000807220948k1a90f623x9122d0073d6e01b8@mail.gmail.com> <74758616-DF56-4EB8-A5EF-AD1E8900303F@uva.nl> <4886168E.5080908@manor-farm.org> <8C7E273F-8690-4A16-9172-BB6C9A3545B0@uva.nl> <6dbd4d000807221035t2c3271a0h6296f56255a60dab@mail.gmail.com> <6dbd4d000807221301q7896e920g287e0500efd92f80@mail.gmail.com> <873am1cpae.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KLhSa-0000Yx-5v for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:45:04 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KLhSW-0000Wg-VH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:45:02 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33924 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KLhSW-0000WH-NH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:45:00 -0400 Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.142.185]:38575) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KLhSW-0002XL-4q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:45:00 -0400 Received: by ti-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id u5so1104435tia.10 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:44:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <873am1cpae.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Bernt Hansen Cc: Carsten Dominik , emacs-orgmode 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