+ last= xcalloc(1, sizeof(*last_discovery));
+ last->service = service;
+ last->buf_alloc = strbuf_detach(&buffer, &last->len);
+ last->buf = last->buf_alloc;
+
+ if (is_http && 5 <= last->len && last->buf[4] == '#') {
+ /* smart HTTP response; validate that the service
+ * pkt-line matches our request.
+ */
+ struct strbuf exp = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+ if (packet_get_line(&buffer, &last->buf, &last->len) <= 0)
+ die("%s has invalid packet header", refs_url);
+ if (buffer.len && buffer.buf[buffer.len - 1] == '\n')
+ strbuf_setlen(&buffer, buffer.len - 1);
+
+ strbuf_addf(&exp, "# service=%s", service);
+ if (strbuf_cmp(&exp, &buffer))
+ die("invalid server response; got '%s'", buffer.buf);
+ strbuf_release(&exp);
+
+ /* The header can include additional metadata lines, up
+ * until a packet flush marker. Ignore these now, but
+ * in the future we might start to scan them.
+ */
+ strbuf_reset(&buffer);
+ while (packet_get_line(&buffer, &last->buf, &last->len) > 0)
+ strbuf_reset(&buffer);
+
+ last->proto_git = 1;
+ }
+
+ free(refs_url);
+ strbuf_release(&buffer);
+ last_discovery = last;
+ return last;
+}
+
+static int write_discovery(int fd, void *data)
+{
+ struct discovery *heads = data;
+ int err = 0;
+ if (write_in_full(fd, heads->buf, heads->len) != heads->len)
+ err = 1;
+ close(fd);
+ return err;
+}
+
+static struct ref *parse_git_refs(struct discovery *heads)
+{
+ struct ref *list = NULL;
+ struct async async;
+
+ memset(&async, 0, sizeof(async));
+ async.proc = write_discovery;
+ async.data = heads;
+
+ if (start_async(&async))
+ die("cannot start thread to parse advertised refs");
+ get_remote_heads(async.out, &list, 0, NULL, 0, NULL);
+ close(async.out);
+ if (finish_async(&async))
+ die("ref parsing thread failed");
+ return list;
+}
+
+static struct ref *parse_info_refs(struct discovery *heads)
+{
+ char *data, *start, *mid;
+ char *ref_name;
+ int i = 0;
+
+ struct ref *refs = NULL;
+ struct ref *ref = NULL;
+ struct ref *last_ref = NULL;
+
+ data = heads->buf;