http.c: remove verification of remote packs
commit59b8d38f6e4f19b93c5dc4493ab11706acd101b5
authorTay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com>
Wed, 9 Sep 2009 12:33:50 +0000 (9 20:33 +0800)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:45:36 +0000 (11 01:45 -0700)
treeb989f8f058a3a9745d1b11b8e0b2647fad8d2c8c
parent90e431152e05d3e8eb80a0db2e81b7cf50ecc745
http.c: remove verification of remote packs

Make http.c::fetch_pack_index() no longer check for the remote pack
with a HEAD request before fetching the corresponding pack index file.

Not only does sending a HEAD request before we do a GET incur a
performance penalty, it does not offer any significant error-
prevention advantages (pack fetching in the *_http_pack_request()
methods is capable of handling any errors on its own).

This addresses an issue raised elsewhere:

  http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/issues/detail?id=323
  http://support.github.com/discussions/repos/957-cant-clone-over-http-or-git

Signed-off-by: Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
http.c