Link - Git over http

published Jan 18, 2012 02:07 by admin ( last modified Jan 18, 2012 02:07 )

This looks very interesting for integrating external authentication sources. It seems to be a CGI script so it does not operate the same way as e.g. subversions's http protocol. I will probably need to install it and check the logs for what the requests will look like. My guess is a combination of path and POST parameters.

I believe this because it’s both efficient and can be run either secure and authenticated (https) or open and unauthenticated (http). It also has the huge advantage that most firewalls have those ports (80 and 443) open already and normal users don’t have to deal with ssh-keygen and the like. Once most clients have updated to at least v1.6.6, http will have a big place in the Git world.