- slot = get_active_slot();
- slot->results = &results;
- curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_FILE, &buffer);
- curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, fwrite_buffer);
- curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, NULL);
- curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
- if (start_active_slot(slot)) {
- run_active_slot(slot);
- if (results.curl_result == CURLE_OK) {
- strbuf_rtrim(&buffer);
- if (buffer.len == 40)
- ret = get_sha1_hex(buffer.buf, ref->old_sha1);
- else if (!prefixcmp(buffer.buf, "ref: ")) {
- ref->symref = xstrdup(buffer.buf + 5);
- ret = 0;
- } else
- ret = 1;
- } else {
- ret = error("Couldn't get %s for %s\n%s",
- url, ref->name, curl_errorstr);
+ if (http_get_strbuf(url, &buffer, HTTP_NO_CACHE) == HTTP_OK) {
+ strbuf_rtrim(&buffer);
+ if (buffer.len == 40)
+ ret = get_sha1_hex(buffer.buf, ref->old_sha1);
+ else if (!prefixcmp(buffer.buf, "ref: ")) {
+ ref->symref = xstrdup(buffer.buf + 5);
+ ret = 0;