On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 3:37 PM Jonathan Tan <jonathanta...@google.com> wrote:
> > There is a potential issue: a server which produces both the URIs and > the packfile at roughly the same time (like the implementation in this > patch set) will not have sideband access until it has concluded sending > the URIs. Among other things, this means that the server cannot send > keepalive packets until quite late in the response. One solution to this > might be to add a feature that allows the server to use a sideband > throughout the whole response - and this has other benefits too like > allowing servers to inform the client throughout the whole fetch, not > just at the end. While side band sounds like the right thing to do, we could also sending (NULL)-URIs within this feature.
