persistent-https

README

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


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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.

Documentation

Overview

The git-remote-persistent-https binary speeds up SSL operations by running a daemon job that keeps a connection open to a Git server. This ensures the git-remote-persistent-https--proxy is running and delegating execution to the git-remote-http binary with the http_proxy set to the daemon job. A unix socket is used to authenticate the proxy and discover the HTTP address. Note, both the client and proxy are included in the same binary.