$u =~ s{([^-a-zA-Z0-9/.])}{sprintf"%%%02x",ord($1)}eg;
print "$u";
' "$remote_name")
- head=$(curl -nsf $curl_extra_args "$remote/$remote_name_quoted") &&
+ head=$(curl -nsfL $curl_extra_args "$remote/$remote_name_quoted") &&
expr "$head" : "$_x40\$" >/dev/null ||
die "Failed to fetch $remote_name from $remote"
echo >&2 Fetching "$remote_name from $remote" using http