git-commit-vandalism/contrib/persistent-https/README
Jeff King 2c9a2ae285 docs/config: mention protocol implications of url.insteadOf
If a URL rewrite switches the protocol to something
nonstandard (like "persistent-https" for "https"), the user
may be bitten by the fact that the default protocol
restrictions are different between the two. Let's drop a
note in insteadOf that points the user in the right
direction.

It would be nice if we could make this work out of the box,
but we can't without knowing the security implications of
the user's rewrite. Only the documentation for a particular
remote helper can advise one way or the other. Since we do
include the persistent-https helper in contrib/ (and since
it was the helper in the real-world case that inspired that
patch), let's also drop a note there.

Suggested-by: Elliott Cable <me@ell.io>
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2017-06-01 10:07:10 +09:00

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git-remote-persistent-https
The git-remote-persistent-https binary speeds up SSL operations
by running a daemon job (git-remote-persistent-https--proxy) that
keeps a connection open to a server.
PRE-BUILT BINARIES
Darwin amd64:
https://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/git-remote-persistent-https/darwin_amd64.tar.gz
Linux amd64:
https://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/git-remote-persistent-https/linux_amd64.tar.gz
INSTALLING
Move all of the git-remote-persistent-http* binaries to a directory
in PATH.
USAGE
HTTPS requests can be delegated to the proxy by using the
"persistent-https" scheme, e.g.
git clone persistent-https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/git/git
Likewise, .gitconfig can be updated as follows to rewrite https urls
to use persistent-https:
[url "persistent-https"]
insteadof = https
[url "persistent-http"]
insteadof = http
You may also want to allow the use of the persistent-https helper for
submodule URLs (since any https URLs pointing to submodules will be
rewritten, and Git's out-of-the-box defaults forbid submodules from
using unknown remote helpers):
[protocol "persistent-https"]
allow = always
[protocol "persistent-http"]
allow = always
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# BUILDING FROM SOURCE
#####################################################################
LOCATION
The source is available in the contrib/persistent-https directory of
the Git source repository. The Git source repository is available at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/
https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/git/git
PREREQUISITES
The code is written in Go (http://golang.org/) and the Go compiler is
required. Currently, the compiler must be built and installed from tip
of source, in order to include a fix in the reverse http proxy:
http://code.google.com/p/go/source/detail?r=a615b796570a2cd8591884767a7d67ede74f6648
BUILDING
Run "make" to build the binaries. See the section on
INSTALLING above.