git URLs in gitweb

git URLs in gitweb

[Corinna Vinschen]

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Hi overseers,


the gitweb pages come with a header which contains the URLs to the
git repository, e.g.:

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git:

  description   gdb and binutils
  owner tromey@redhat.com
  last change   Thu, 27 Aug 2015 05:00:16 +0000 (02:00 -0300)
  URL   git://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git
        ssh://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git
        http://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git

The http URL is, in theory, non-existant, and can result in problems
with aggressive company firewalls.

Therefore, shouldn't the "http" URL ideally be a "https" URL on all
gitweb pages?


Thanks,
Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen
Cygwin Maintainer
Red Hat

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Re: git URLs in gitweb

[Frank Ch. Eigler]

Hi -

>         http://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git
> The http URL is, in theory, non-existant, and can result in problems
> with aggressive company firewalls. [...]

Sorry, not sure what you mean.  While there may be some
connection-rate-limiting applied at the firewall or httpd level,
it'd be the same for http vs https.

- FChE