Git log should return all ancestors including the current commit; currently it returns only the ancestors.

Hi!

http.FileSystem would allow to operate in remotes, too.

For locals you would just throw in 'http.Dir(baseDir)'.

I have found an article you wrote about git pack and idx files (Unpacking Git Packfiles) and while it explains the format and its handling quite well, I did failed to understand where the idx file actually comes from.
I tried to have a look at the gitgo source, but could only identify coding that reads the idx file from the file system. I may be missing something (since I don't actually know go), but I have a rather similar problem, where I can receive a pack file through a 0056want <sha1> side-band-64k no-progress multi_ack#000Ddeepen 1#00000009done# command (where is the sha of the branch I want, but I just can't find any documentation on how to receive the idx file or where it comes from.
Could you give me a hint where you got your information about pack/idx files and their transfer (not the format; that is documented, but all documentation assumes that the file is already there, which it isn't when trying to write a git version in a new language).
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Currently the reading tests works on my local machine, but won't on any other machine due to packing.