Re: Is git over http (git-http-push) ready for production ?

On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 11:26:16AM +0100, Fabien wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Following my last email about locks problem with reiserfs (see
> git-http-push (git v1.5) problems with DAVLockDB on reiserfs FS), I was
> wondering how reliable is git-http-push.

> Another problem I see is the password in clear text in ~/.netrc to avoid
>   to type passwords all the time.
> 
> Finally, hooks don't work when using git over http (yep, I know, it's a
> "dumb" protocol)...

1.6.6 introduced Smart HTTP. It is much more efficient, can run hooks and
has same kind of atomicity guarantees as ssh://, but it has few shorcomings:

- Requires server support (CGI script & Git 1.6.6+)
- Hook messages don't work (at least with 1.6.6.X/1.7.0.X)
- Requires 1.6.6+ on client side
- Authentication still sucks (no surprise, auth with HTTP just plain sucks).

But I regard HTTP fetch/push as backup for cases where git:// and ssh://
are not possible.

-Ilari