[jacobvosmaer]

The git:// protocol requires its own daemon (which is bundled with Git) running on port 9418 https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-on-the-Server-The-Protoco... . The standard Git daemon is unsuitable for GitLab I think because of the way it manages access control.

https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-on-the-Server-Git-Daemon

For this to work in GitLab we would need to find or write an alternative implementation of the protocol.

Sounds like a lot of work to me when we already have decent HTTP clone access.

[jacobvosmaer]

Hmm I was wrong, the current version of the built-in Git daemon has an --access-hook option so no problem there.

https://github.com/git/git/blob/56f37fda511e1615dc6df86c68f3...

The question is then: how badly do people want this and how many admins out there are willing to poke an extra hole in their firewall just for this protocol.

[jacobvosmaer]

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/13838