From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
To: Richard Maw <richard.maw@codethink•co.uk>
Cc: git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: Some issues when trying to set up a shallow git mirror server
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2016 10:00:07 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq4mep5kyg.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160107165417.GB3397@logi.codethink.co.uk> (Richard Maw's message of "Thu, 7 Jan 2016 16:54:17 +0000")
Richard Maw <richard.maw@codethink•co.uk> writes:
> This is inconvenient for us,
> as we were explicitly using refspecs which didn't force the fetch,
> since we were using the "non fast-forward update" errors
> to detect whether upstream force pushed important refs
> which could be a sign of tampering.
>
> While the client doesn't have enough information
> the server has those commits.
> Would it make sense for the server to be able to tell the client
> "trust me, that commit is a descendant of the previous one"?
It does not in our security model, as you do not blindly trust the
other side, whether you are a "client" or a "server".
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-01-07 18:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-07 16:54 Some issues when trying to set up a shallow git mirror server Richard Maw
2016-01-07 18:00 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2016-01-08 10:19 ` Richard Maw
2016-01-08 10:44 ` Duy Nguyen
2016-01-08 10:52 ` Richard Maw
2016-01-08 21:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-01-11 15:51 ` Richard Maw
2016-01-12 18:29 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-01-13 11:37 ` Richard Maw
2016-01-13 17:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-01-13 17:43 ` Richard Maw
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