Bug 188976

Summary:	layman doesn't use git protocol to fetch git overlays (such as kde)
Product:	Portage Development	Reporter:	Marijn Schouten (RETIRED) <hkbst>
Component:	Third-Party Tools	Assignee:	Gunnar Wrobel (RETIRED) <wrobel>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Marijn Schouten (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-08-15 11:07:14 UTC

layman doesn't use git protocol to fetch git overlays (such as kde). It uses HTTP (I think), which only works if git is built with curl use flag. Git protocol always works and has some other advantages like less bandwidth usage too.

Comment 1 Gunnar Wrobel (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-09-11 05:48:41 UTC

layman uses whatever is specified as prefix of the repository URL. It uses the git protocol if the URL starts with "git://" and uses HTTP if it begins with "http://"