Re: Git: Do not use http to access Git!

[Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <tshepang gmail com>]

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 09:48, Olav Vitters <olav vitters nl> wrote:
> Please note that to checkout a Git repository you should use:
>  git clone git://git.gnome.org/[project]
> or (if you have commit access):
>  git clone ssh://[login@]git.gnome.org/git/[project]
>
> Do NOT try to checkout via http. It is not something we support!
>
> Some people have been using the cgit interface to checkout a lot of git
> modules. This cause a very high load on our server. Please use the git
> protocol instead. For now I've blocked git from accessing cgit as too
> many people have been using the http interface and it negatively impacts
> performance (very high loads over long periods).

Do you mind explaining what's causing bad performance when using
http... why is it less efficient than using git protocol?