using world-readable git URL

[hoffmanc]

The original URL was R+W, so fails for those without commit rights.

[keithtom]

:+1:

[Mange]

Wouldn't the git:// protocol be a better fit, though? It works on all versions of Git instead of only the newest versions. There's a lot of 1.6 installations out there.

(My 2 cents)

[hoffmanc]

@Mange, did you try it?

[Mange]

No, just talked from experience. Sometimes git is compiled without SSL, sometimes the git-http command is missing.

The only reason to use http instead of git is to get around very strict firewalls and you get the risk of using an old http client that takes several minutes to download the repo. Again, it's just my two cents. I haven't even tried xiki yet, just looking around the code first. :-)

[hoffmanc]

Well try the git protocol and see how that works out for you.

On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 12:45 AM, Magnus Bergmark notifications@github.comwrote:

No, just talked from experience. Sometimes git is compiled without SSL, sometimes the git-http command is missing.

The only reason to use http instead of git is to get around very strict firewalls and you get the risk of using an old http client that takes several minutes to download the repo. Again, it's just my two cents. I haven't even tried xiki yet, just looking around the code first. :-)

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[Mange]

Fine. I'll yield. I'm just trying to say that instructions for newbies should aim to work in as many environments as possible.

It's the same reason most shell examples use bash rather than zsh (which is superior) – most people are using bash.

[trogdoro]

Great point! This was part of a commit a while back. Haven't gone back to look at old pull requests. We used git://, which I think achieves the same goal. Let me know if this suffices!