A deep dive into Git remote helpers, the protocol that lets Git talk to arbitrary storage backends. Covers how the capability negotiation and import/fetch protocol works, motivated by a proposed git-remote-swh helper for cloning from Software Heritage archives using content-addressed SWHIDs. Includes a curated survey of
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Built-in #Cloud and object storage #Encryption #Content-addressed storage #VCS bridges #P2P and decentralised #Transport wrappers #Blockchain #Other storage backends #Sort: