@@ -199,6 +199,14 @@ http.postBuffer::
Transfer-Encoding: chunked is used to avoid creating a
massive pack file locally. Default is 1 MiB, which is
sufficient for most requests.
++
+Note that raising this limit is only effective for disabling chunked
+transfer encoding and therefore should be used only where the remote
+server or a proxy only supports HTTP/1.0 or is noncompliant with the
+HTTP standard. Raising this is not, in general, an effective solution
+for most push problems, but can increase memory consumption
+significantly since the entire buffer is allocated even for small
+pushes.
http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime::
If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit'
Users in a wide variety of situations find themselves with HTTP push problems. Oftentimes these issues are due to antivirus software, filtering proxies, or other man-in-the-middle situations; other times, they are due to simple unreliability of the network. However, a common solution to HTTP push problems found online is to increase http.postBuffer. This works for none of the aforementioned situations and is only useful in a small, highly restricted number of cases: essentially, when the connection does not properly support HTTP/1.1. Document when raising this value is appropriate and what it actually does, and discourage people from using it as a general solution for push problems, since it is not effective there. Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> --- Documentation/config/http.txt | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)