Support for server side smart HTTP

[atp0303]

Hi,

I plan to use libgit2sharp in the backend to serve bare git repositories. The idea is to allow clients to do clone requests from the server using smart http. Is this supported with this library? If so what would the code look like?

[nulltoken]

Hello,

Smart Http is indeed supported by libgit2. However, network related features are not available yet through libgit2sharp.
This is one of the next big functionality which will have to be worked on. Please note that client features (clone/pull/pushe, ...) will be implemented sooner than server ones (git deamon like).

Issue #65 specifically deals with client side features. I've slightly renamed the title of this issue to "stress" the server side aspect of your request.

[atp0303]

Please note that client features (clone/pull/pushe, ...) will be implemented sooner than server ones (git deamon like)

Any time frame when this will be ready? I wouldn't mind getting involved by testing this component...

[nulltoken]

Any time frame when this will be ready?

This thread describes what has to be done to deal with client features. As you can see the checkout is not available yet and no target milestone date has been defined.

I wouldn't mind getting involved by testing this component...

🆒 Thanks a lot! I'll ping you as you as something can be tested.

[ManuelRauber]

Any update on this one?

[nulltoken]

@carlosmn Weren't you working on a ligbit2 based git server?

[ManuelRauber]

Does it support receive and update pack so I can build my own little server? Just want to do a IIS WebApp for pushing and pulling.

Can I do this with libgit2sharp yet?

(I'm currently trying to do this with NGit, but I don't like this lib. It does not feel native)

[carlosmn]

@nulltoken Not quite. There's (or wil be soon) a project at work to create a daemon that speaks the server part of the git protocol, but it's not going to serve git repositories as such. If we figure out a way to export the packet protocol stream that makes sense, then I think all of the pieces would be there, but I'm not sure how tightly integrated the server part should be in the library. If git-daemon and git-http-backend aren't enough, then you'll want to do your own customisations in whatever language you use, which means we can't put it all in the library anyway.

[ManuelRauber]

Sorry, I need to ask again (I'm not sure, if the things @carlosmn mentioned in the post before, is too much for me):

I just copied this from my post above:

Does it support receive and update pack so I can build my own little server? Just want to do a IIS WebApp for pushing and pulling (and maybe cloning, but this will work, regarding to another issue in this tracker).

Can I do this with libgit2sharp yet?

(I'm currently trying to do this with NGit)

[nulltoken]

Does it support receive and update pack so I can build my own little server? Just want to do a IIS WebApp for pushing and pulling (and maybe cloning, but this will work, regarding to another issue in this tracker).

Although, "most" of the required sub-components and features are there, this is not supported yet.
This will eventually be, but most certainly not by the LibGit2Sharp library itself, but as a separate project taking a dependence on LibGit2Sharp.

[ManuelRauber]

Any update on this?

Since you wrote that the sub-components are there, is there the possibility to use libgit2sharp to serve bare repos?

[nulltoken]

Any update on this?

Not yet.

Since you wrote that the sub-components are there, is there the possibility to use libgit2sharp to serve bare repos?

I think so. Libgit2 already exposes a packbuilder. However, you'll have to implement the server-side protocol by yourself.

Below some quick (googled) pointers to some resources you may found interesting:

• http://www.michaelfcollins3.me/blog/Projects/2012/05/18/implementing-a-git-http-server.html
• http://home.cofares.net/GIT/book/7_transfer_protocols.html
• https://github.com/jakubgarfield/Bonobo-Git-Server/blob/master/Bonobo.Git.Server/Bonobo.Git.Server/Controllers/GitController.cs

[ManuelRauber]

The first url has changed. It is: http://www.michaelfcollins3.me/blog/2012/05/18/implementing-a-git-http-server.html

[Aimeast]

Any news on this topic?
Looks like libgit2 has already implemented server side smart HTTP transport?
https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/tree/master/src/transports

[ethomson]

@Aimeast There has been no progress here, the link you point to is for client side smart protocols. Always happy to see a pull request if this is something you're interested in!