Package: git Version: 1:1.7.5.1-1 Severity: wishlist Tags: upstream HTTP has a concept of 3xx status codes to tell a client to connect to another server instead. They can be useful when moving a resource from one location to another.
It would be nice if the git protocol had something similar, for cases like the recent git.debian.org -> anonscm.debian.org move. On the server side, the git daemon would start producing a magic ERR line (or another kind of malformed pkt-line) informing existing clients to print a message about move, so at least the user would know. As a second step, the client could learn to recognize these magic lines and act on them by connecting to the new address. An optional third step would be for git to learn to cache permanent redirects. Compare http://bugs.debian.org/627839, which in the short term seems like a simpler solution. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
