[git-users] Re: Violation of git protocol on github.com ?

2020-10-19 Thread Andrew Thorp
Hello Matthieu, I'm by no means a git expert but I think this might be correct behavior. This seems like it's due to Github assuming a not found repository is private, rather than an repository not existing. If the repo you attempted to clone _was_ private and you didn't have access to it, a

[git-users] Re: Violation of git protocol on github.com ?

2020-10-18 Thread Philip Oakley
Hi Matthieu, This is just a suggestion so that you can research further but I think this is a difference in perspective and standards. In one case you ask for a web *page *and get a 404. In the other case you ask for a *service *(the git server) and the git server (client) responds with the