diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/BasePackConnection.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/BasePackConnection.java
index bd86ec0472511d3f29227657146eb1221f9e58b8..90634d207a7008c34b1e261df5a514ec5ab53772 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/BasePackConnection.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/BasePackConnection.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2009, Constantine Plotnikov <constantine.plotnikov@gmail.com>
- * Copyright (C) 2008-2009, Google Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2008-2010, Google Inc.
  * Copyright (C) 2008, Marek Zawirski <marek.zawirski@gmail.com>
  * Copyright (C) 2008, Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
  * Copyright (C) 2008, Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ abstract class BasePackConnection extends BaseConnection {
 	/** Send {@link PacketLineOut#end()} before closing {@link #out}? */
 	protected boolean outNeedsEnd;
 
+	/** True if this is a stateless RPC connection. */
+	protected boolean statelessRPC;
+
 	/** Capability tokens advertised by the remote side. */
 	private final Set<String> remoteCapablities = new HashSet<String>();
 
@@ -117,7 +120,7 @@ abstract class BasePackConnection extends BaseConnection {
 	protected final Set<ObjectId> additionalHaves = new HashSet<ObjectId>();
 
 	BasePackConnection(final PackTransport packTransport) {
-		transport = (Transport)packTransport;
+		transport = (Transport) packTransport;
 		local = transport.local;
 		uri = transport.uri;
 	}
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/BasePackFetchConnection.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/BasePackFetchConnection.java
index 8e7d3bdb16f52c8e7203bb1bcbe7243cc9450adf..84e55b61eacbca2b3539532c01eb19b361d1dd31 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/BasePackFetchConnection.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/BasePackFetchConnection.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2008-2009, Google Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2008-2010, Google Inc.
  * Copyright (C) 2008, Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
  * Copyright (C) 2008, Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
  * and other copyright owners as documented in the project's IP log.
@@ -51,9 +51,11 @@
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.PackProtocolException;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.TransportException;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.AnyObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Config;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.MutableObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.PackLock;
@@ -68,6 +70,8 @@
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.RevWalk;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.filter.CommitTimeRevFilter;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk.filter.RevFilter;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.PacketLineIn.AckNackResult;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.util.TemporaryBuffer;
 
 /**
  * Fetch implementation using the native Git pack transfer service.
@@ -81,6 +85,11 @@
  * easily wrapped up into a local process pipe, anonymous TCP socket, or a
  * command executed through an SSH tunnel.
  * <p>
+ * If {@link BasePackConnection#statelessRPC} is {@code true}, this connection
+ * can be tunneled over a request-response style RPC system like HTTP.  The RPC
+ * call boundary is determined by this class switching from writing to the
+ * OutputStream to reading from the InputStream.
+ * <p>
  * Concrete implementations should just call
  * {@link #init(java.io.InputStream, java.io.OutputStream)} and
  * {@link #readAdvertisedRefs()} methods in constructor or before any use. They
@@ -140,6 +149,9 @@ static enum MultiAck {
 	/** Marks a commit known to both sides of the connection. */
 	final RevFlag COMMON;
 
+	/** Like {@link #COMMON} but means its also in {@link #pckState}. */
+	private final RevFlag STATE;
+
 	/** Marks a commit listed in the advertised refs. */
 	final RevFlag ADVERTISED;
 
@@ -157,6 +169,11 @@ static enum MultiAck {
 
 	private PackLock packLock;
 
+	/** RPC state, if {@link BasePackConnection#statelessRPC} is true. */
+	private TemporaryBuffer.Heap state;
+
+	private PacketLineOut pckState;
+
 	BasePackFetchConnection(final PackTransport packTransport) {
 		super(packTransport);
 
@@ -169,6 +186,7 @@ static enum MultiAck {
 		reachableCommits = new RevCommitList<RevCommit>();
 		REACHABLE = walk.newFlag("REACHABLE");
 		COMMON = walk.newFlag("COMMON");
+		STATE = walk.newFlag("STATE");
 		ADVERTISED = walk.newFlag("ADVERTISED");
 
 		walk.carry(COMMON);
@@ -222,11 +240,18 @@ protected void doFetch(final ProgressMonitor monitor,
 			markRefsAdvertised();
 			markReachable(have, maxTimeWanted(want));
 
+			if (statelessRPC) {
+				state = new TemporaryBuffer.Heap(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
+				pckState = new PacketLineOut(state);
+			}
+
 			if (sendWants(want)) {
 				negotiate(monitor);
 
 				walk.dispose();
 				reachableCommits = null;
+				state = null;
+				pckState = null;
 
 				receivePack(monitor);
 			}
@@ -307,6 +332,7 @@ private void markReachable(final Set<ObjectId> have, final int maxTime)
 	}
 
 	private boolean sendWants(final Collection<Ref> want) throws IOException {
+		final PacketLineOut p = statelessRPC ? pckState : pckOut;
 		boolean first = true;
 		for (final Ref r : want) {
 			try {
@@ -329,14 +355,16 @@ private boolean sendWants(final Collection<Ref> want) throws IOException {
 				first = false;
 			}
 			line.append('\n');
-			pckOut.writeString(line.toString());
+			p.writeString(line.toString());
 		}
-		pckOut.end();
+		if (first)
+			return false;
+		p.end();
 		outNeedsEnd = false;
-		return !first;
+		return true;
 	}
 
-	private String enableCapabilities() {
+	private String enableCapabilities() throws TransportException {
 		final StringBuilder line = new StringBuilder();
 		if (includeTags)
 			includeTags = wantCapability(line, OPTION_INCLUDE_TAG);
@@ -356,6 +384,16 @@ else if (wantCapability(line, OPTION_MULTI_ACK))
 			sideband = true;
 		else if (wantCapability(line, OPTION_SIDE_BAND))
 			sideband = true;
+
+		if (statelessRPC && multiAck != MultiAck.DETAILED) {
+			// Our stateless RPC implementation relies upon the detailed
+			// ACK status to tell us common objects for reuse in future
+			// requests.  If its not enabled, we can't talk to the peer.
+			//
+			throw new PackProtocolException(uri, "stateless RPC requires "
+					+ OPTION_MULTI_ACK_DETAILED + " to be enabled");
+		}
+
 		return line.toString();
 	}
 
@@ -368,6 +406,9 @@ private void negotiate(final ProgressMonitor monitor) throws IOException,
 		boolean receivedContinue = false;
 		boolean receivedAck = false;
 
+		if (statelessRPC)
+			state.writeTo(out, null);
+
 		negotiateBegin();
 		SEND_HAVES: for (;;) {
 			final RevCommit c = walk.next();
@@ -392,7 +433,7 @@ private void negotiate(final ProgressMonitor monitor) throws IOException,
 			pckOut.end();
 			resultsPending++; // Each end will cause a result to come back.
 
-			if (havesSent == 32) {
+			if (havesSent == 32 && !statelessRPC) {
 				// On the first block we race ahead and try to send
 				// more of the second block while waiting for the
 				// remote to respond to our first block request.
@@ -402,9 +443,7 @@ private void negotiate(final ProgressMonitor monitor) throws IOException,
 			}
 
 			READ_RESULT: for (;;) {
-				final PacketLineIn.AckNackResult anr;
-
-				anr = pckIn.readACK(ackId);
+				final AckNackResult anr = pckIn.readACK(ackId);
 				switch (anr) {
 				case NAK:
 					// More have lines are necessary to compute the
@@ -421,6 +460,8 @@ private void negotiate(final ProgressMonitor monitor) throws IOException,
 					multiAck = MultiAck.OFF;
 					resultsPending = 0;
 					receivedAck = true;
+					if (statelessRPC)
+						state.writeTo(out, null);
 					break SEND_HAVES;
 
 				case ACK_CONTINUE:
@@ -431,7 +472,7 @@ private void negotiate(final ProgressMonitor monitor) throws IOException,
 					// we need to continue to talk about other parts of
 					// our local history.
 					//
-					markCommon(walk.parseAny(ackId));
+					markCommon(walk.parseAny(ackId), anr);
 					receivedAck = true;
 					receivedContinue = true;
 					havesSinceLastContinue = 0;
@@ -442,13 +483,16 @@ private void negotiate(final ProgressMonitor monitor) throws IOException,
 					throw new CancelledException();
 			}
 
+			if (statelessRPC)
+				state.writeTo(out, null);
+
 			if (receivedContinue && havesSinceLastContinue > MAX_HAVES) {
 				// Our history must be really different from the remote's.
 				// We just sent a whole slew of have lines, and it did not
 				// recognize any of them. Avoid sending our entire history
 				// to them by giving up early.
 				//
-				break;
+				break SEND_HAVES;
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -456,6 +500,11 @@ private void negotiate(final ProgressMonitor monitor) throws IOException,
 		//
 		if (monitor.isCancelled())
 			throw new CancelledException();
+
+		// When statelessRPC is true we should always leave SEND_HAVES
+		// loop above while in the middle of a request. This allows us
+		// to just write done immediately.
+		//
 		pckOut.writeString("done\n");
 		pckOut.flush();
 
@@ -469,11 +518,8 @@ private void negotiate(final ProgressMonitor monitor) throws IOException,
 		}
 
 		READ_RESULT: while (resultsPending > 0 || multiAck != MultiAck.OFF) {
-			final PacketLineIn.AckNackResult anr;
-
-			anr = pckIn.readACK(ackId);
+			final AckNackResult anr = pckIn.readACK(ackId);
 			resultsPending--;
-
 			switch (anr) {
 			case NAK:
 				// A NAK is a response to an end we queued earlier
@@ -543,7 +589,18 @@ private void markAdvertised(final AnyObjectId id) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private void markCommon(final RevObject obj) {
+	private void markCommon(final RevObject obj, final AckNackResult anr)
+			throws IOException {
+		if (statelessRPC && anr == AckNackResult.ACK_COMMON && !obj.has(STATE)) {
+			StringBuilder s;
+
+			s = new StringBuilder(6 + Constants.OBJECT_ID_STRING_LENGTH);
+			s.append("have "); //$NON-NLS-1$
+			s.append(obj.name());
+			s.append('\n');
+			pckState.writeString(s.toString());
+			obj.add(STATE);
+		}
 		obj.add(COMMON);
 		if (obj instanceof RevCommit)
 			((RevCommit) obj).carry(COMMON);
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransportHttp.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransportHttp.java
index 6665ba42f328e46a1093ec5423384eab843a2055..b9dfd1c0e7e7fdc9cefe42684c2782edf86b7d86 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransportHttp.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransportHttp.java
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /*
+ * Copyright (C) 2009-2010, Google Inc.
  * Copyright (C) 2008, Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
  * and other copyright owners as documented in the project's IP log.
  *
@@ -43,10 +44,22 @@
 
 package org.eclipse.jgit.transport;
 
+import static org.eclipse.jgit.util.HttpSupport.ENCODING_GZIP;
+import static org.eclipse.jgit.util.HttpSupport.HDR_ACCEPT;
+import static org.eclipse.jgit.util.HttpSupport.HDR_ACCEPT_ENCODING;
+import static org.eclipse.jgit.util.HttpSupport.HDR_CONTENT_ENCODING;
+import static org.eclipse.jgit.util.HttpSupport.HDR_CONTENT_TYPE;
+import static org.eclipse.jgit.util.HttpSupport.HDR_PRAGMA;
+import static org.eclipse.jgit.util.HttpSupport.HDR_USER_AGENT;
+import static org.eclipse.jgit.util.HttpSupport.METHOD_POST;
+
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.Proxy;
@@ -55,27 +68,53 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
+import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream;
+import java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream;
 
+import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.NoRemoteRepositoryException;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.NotSupportedException;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.PackProtocolException;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.errors.TransportException;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Config;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ProgressMonitor;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Ref;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Repository;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Config.SectionParser;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.util.HttpSupport;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.util.IO;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.util.RawParseUtils;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.util.TemporaryBuffer;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.util.io.DisabledOutputStream;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.util.io.UnionInputStream;
 
 /**
- * Transport over the non-Git aware HTTP and FTP protocol.
+ * Transport over HTTP and FTP protocols.
+ * <p>
+ * If the transport is using HTTP and the remote HTTP service is Git-aware
+ * (speaks the "smart-http protocol") this client will automatically take
+ * advantage of the additional Git-specific HTTP extensions. If the remote
+ * service does not support these extensions, the client will degrade to direct
+ * file fetching.
  * <p>
- * The HTTP transport does not require any specialized Git support on the remote
- * (server side) repository. Object files are retrieved directly through
- * standard HTTP GET requests, making it easy to serve a Git repository through
+ * If the remote (server side) repository does not have the specialized Git
+ * support, object files are retrieved directly through standard HTTP GET (or
+ * binary FTP GET) requests. This make it easy to serve a Git repository through
  * a standard web host provider that does not offer specific support for Git.
  *
  * @see WalkFetchConnection
  */
-public class TransportHttp extends HttpTransport implements WalkTransport {
+public class TransportHttp extends HttpTransport implements WalkTransport,
+		PackTransport {
+	private static final String SVC_UPLOAD_PACK = "git-upload-pack";
+
+	private static final String SVC_RECEIVE_PACK = "git-receive-pack";
+
+	private static final String userAgent = computeUserAgent();
+
 	static boolean canHandle(final URIish uri) {
 		if (!uri.isRemote())
 			return false;
@@ -83,10 +122,37 @@ static boolean canHandle(final URIish uri) {
 		return "http".equals(s) || "https".equals(s) || "ftp".equals(s);
 	}
 
+	private static String computeUserAgent() {
+		String version;
+		final Package pkg = TransportHttp.class.getPackage();
+		if (pkg != null && pkg.getImplementationVersion() != null) {
+			version = pkg.getImplementationVersion();
+		} else {
+			version = "unknown"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+		}
+		return "JGit/" + version; //$NON-NLS-1$
+	}
+
+	private static final Config.SectionParser<HttpConfig> HTTP_KEY = new SectionParser<HttpConfig>() {
+		public HttpConfig parse(final Config cfg) {
+			return new HttpConfig(cfg);
+		}
+	};
+
+	private static class HttpConfig {
+		final int postBuffer;
+
+		HttpConfig(final Config rc) {
+			postBuffer = rc.getInt("http", "postbuffer", 1 * 1024 * 1024);
+		}
+	}
+
 	private final URL baseUrl;
 
 	private final URL objectsUrl;
 
+	private final HttpConfig http;
+
 	private final ProxySelector proxySelector;
 
 	TransportHttp(final Repository local, final URIish uri)
@@ -101,22 +167,75 @@ static boolean canHandle(final URIish uri) {
 		} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
 			throw new NotSupportedException("Invalid URL " + uri, e);
 		}
+		http = local.getConfig().get(HTTP_KEY);
 		proxySelector = ProxySelector.getDefault();
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public FetchConnection openFetch() throws TransportException {
-		final HttpObjectDB c = new HttpObjectDB(objectsUrl);
-		final WalkFetchConnection r = new WalkFetchConnection(this, c);
-		r.available(c.readAdvertisedRefs());
-		return r;
+	public FetchConnection openFetch() throws TransportException,
+			NotSupportedException {
+		final String service = SVC_UPLOAD_PACK;
+		try {
+			final HttpURLConnection c = connect(service);
+			final InputStream in = openInputStream(c);
+			try {
+				if (isSmartHttp(c, service)) {
+					readSmartHeaders(in, service);
+					return new SmartHttpFetchConnection(in);
+
+				} else {
+					// Assume this server doesn't support smart HTTP fetch
+					// and fall back on dumb object walking.
+					//
+					HttpObjectDB d = new HttpObjectDB(objectsUrl);
+					WalkFetchConnection wfc = new WalkFetchConnection(this, d);
+					BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(
+							new InputStreamReader(in, Constants.CHARSET));
+					try {
+						wfc.available(d.readAdvertisedImpl(br));
+					} finally {
+						br.close();
+					}
+					return wfc;
+				}
+			} finally {
+				in.close();
+			}
+		} catch (NotSupportedException err) {
+			throw err;
+		} catch (TransportException err) {
+			throw err;
+		} catch (IOException err) {
+			throw new TransportException(uri, "error reading info/refs", err);
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public PushConnection openPush() throws NotSupportedException,
 			TransportException {
-		final String s = getURI().getScheme();
-		throw new NotSupportedException("Push not supported over " + s + ".");
+		final String service = SVC_RECEIVE_PACK;
+		try {
+			final HttpURLConnection c = connect(service);
+			final InputStream in = openInputStream(c);
+			try {
+				if (isSmartHttp(c, service)) {
+					readSmartHeaders(in, service);
+					return new SmartHttpPushConnection(in);
+
+				} else {
+					final String msg = "remote does not support smart HTTP push";
+					throw new NotSupportedException(msg);
+				}
+			} finally {
+				in.close();
+			}
+		} catch (NotSupportedException err) {
+			throw err;
+		} catch (TransportException err) {
+			throw err;
+		} catch (IOException err) {
+			throw new TransportException(uri, "error reading info/refs", err);
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -124,6 +243,112 @@ public void close() {
 		// No explicit connections are maintained.
 	}
 
+	private HttpURLConnection connect(final String service)
+			throws TransportException, NotSupportedException {
+		final URL u;
+		try {
+			final StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();
+			b.append(baseUrl);
+
+			if (b.charAt(b.length() - 1) != '/')
+				b.append('/');
+			b.append(Constants.INFO_REFS);
+
+			b.append(b.indexOf("?") < 0 ? '?' : '&');
+			b.append("service=");
+			b.append(service);
+
+			u = new URL(b.toString());
+		} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+			throw new NotSupportedException("Invalid URL " + uri, e);
+		}
+
+		try {
+			final HttpURLConnection conn = httpOpen(u);
+			String expType = "application/x-" + service + "-advertisement";
+			conn.setRequestProperty(HDR_ACCEPT, expType + ", */*");
+			final int status = HttpSupport.response(conn);
+			switch (status) {
+			case HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK:
+				return conn;
+
+			case HttpURLConnection.HTTP_NOT_FOUND:
+				throw new NoRemoteRepositoryException(uri, u + " not found");
+
+			case HttpURLConnection.HTTP_FORBIDDEN:
+				throw new TransportException(uri, service + " not permitted");
+
+			default:
+				String err = status + " " + conn.getResponseMessage();
+				throw new TransportException(uri, err);
+			}
+		} catch (NotSupportedException e) {
+			throw e;
+		} catch (TransportException e) {
+			throw e;
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			throw new TransportException(uri, "cannot open " + service, e);
+		}
+	}
+
+	final HttpURLConnection httpOpen(final URL u) throws IOException {
+		final Proxy proxy = HttpSupport.proxyFor(proxySelector, u);
+		HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) u.openConnection(proxy);
+		conn.setRequestProperty(HDR_ACCEPT_ENCODING, ENCODING_GZIP);
+		conn.setRequestProperty(HDR_PRAGMA, "no-cache");//$NON-NLS-1$
+		conn.setRequestProperty(HDR_USER_AGENT, userAgent);
+		return conn;
+	}
+
+	final InputStream openInputStream(HttpURLConnection conn)
+			throws IOException {
+		InputStream input = conn.getInputStream();
+		if (ENCODING_GZIP.equals(conn.getHeaderField(HDR_CONTENT_ENCODING)))
+			input = new GZIPInputStream(input);
+		return input;
+	}
+
+	IOException wrongContentType(String expType, String actType) {
+		final String why = "expected Content-Type " + expType
+				+ "; received Content-Type " + actType;
+		return new TransportException(uri, why);
+	}
+
+	private boolean isSmartHttp(final HttpURLConnection c, final String service) {
+		final String expType = "application/x-" + service + "-advertisement";
+		final String actType = c.getContentType();
+		return expType.equals(actType);
+	}
+
+	private void readSmartHeaders(final InputStream in, final String service)
+			throws IOException {
+		// A smart reply will have a '#' after the first 4 bytes, but
+		// a dumb reply cannot contain a '#' until after byte 41. Do a
+		// quick check to make sure its a smart reply before we parse
+		// as a pkt-line stream.
+		//
+		final byte[] magic = new byte[5];
+		IO.readFully(in, magic, 0, magic.length);
+		if (magic[4] != '#') {
+			throw new TransportException(uri, "expected pkt-line with"
+					+ " '# service=', got '" + RawParseUtils.decode(magic)
+					+ "'");
+		}
+
+		final PacketLineIn pckIn = new PacketLineIn(new UnionInputStream(
+				new ByteArrayInputStream(magic), in));
+		final String exp = "# service=" + service;
+		final String act = pckIn.readString();
+		if (!exp.equals(act)) {
+			throw new TransportException(uri, "expected '" + exp + "', got '"
+					+ act + "'");
+		}
+
+		while (pckIn.readString() != PacketLineIn.END) {
+			// for now, ignore the remaining header lines
+		}
+	}
+
 	class HttpObjectDB extends WalkRemoteObjectDatabase {
 		private final URL objectsUrl;
 
@@ -186,13 +411,10 @@ Collection<String> getPackNames() throws IOException {
 		FileStream open(final String path) throws IOException {
 			final URL base = objectsUrl;
 			final URL u = new URL(base, path);
-			final Proxy proxy = HttpSupport.proxyFor(proxySelector, u);
-			final HttpURLConnection c;
-
-			c = (HttpURLConnection) u.openConnection(proxy);
+			final HttpURLConnection c = httpOpen(u);
 			switch (HttpSupport.response(c)) {
 			case HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK:
-				final InputStream in = c.getInputStream();
+				final InputStream in = openInputStream(c);
 				final int len = c.getContentLength();
 				return new FileStream(in, len);
 			case HttpURLConnection.HTTP_NOT_FOUND:
@@ -204,26 +426,7 @@ FileStream open(final String path) throws IOException {
 			}
 		}
 
-		Map<String, Ref> readAdvertisedRefs() throws TransportException {
-			try {
-				final BufferedReader br = openReader(INFO_REFS);
-				try {
-					return readAdvertisedImpl(br);
-				} finally {
-					br.close();
-				}
-			} catch (IOException err) {
-				try {
-					throw new TransportException(new URL(objectsUrl, INFO_REFS)
-							+ ": cannot read available refs", err);
-				} catch (MalformedURLException mue) {
-					throw new TransportException(objectsUrl + INFO_REFS
-							+ ": cannot read available refs", err);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		private Map<String, Ref> readAdvertisedImpl(final BufferedReader br)
+		Map<String, Ref> readAdvertisedImpl(final BufferedReader br)
 				throws IOException, PackProtocolException {
 			final TreeMap<String, Ref> avail = new TreeMap<String, Ref>();
 			for (;;) {
@@ -279,4 +482,220 @@ void close() {
 			// We do not maintain persistent connections.
 		}
 	}
+
+	class SmartHttpFetchConnection extends BasePackFetchConnection {
+		SmartHttpFetchConnection(final InputStream advertisement)
+				throws TransportException {
+			super(TransportHttp.this);
+			statelessRPC = true;
+
+			init(advertisement, DisabledOutputStream.INSTANCE);
+			outNeedsEnd = false;
+			try {
+				readAdvertisedRefs();
+			} catch (IOException err) {
+				close();
+				throw new TransportException(uri, "remote hung up", err);
+			}
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		protected void doFetch(final ProgressMonitor monitor,
+				final Collection<Ref> want, final Set<ObjectId> have)
+				throws TransportException {
+			final Service svc = new Service(SVC_UPLOAD_PACK);
+			init(svc.in, svc.out);
+			super.doFetch(monitor, want, have);
+		}
+	}
+
+	class SmartHttpPushConnection extends BasePackPushConnection {
+		SmartHttpPushConnection(final InputStream advertisement)
+				throws TransportException {
+			super(TransportHttp.this);
+			statelessRPC = true;
+
+			init(advertisement, DisabledOutputStream.INSTANCE);
+			outNeedsEnd = false;
+			try {
+				readAdvertisedRefs();
+			} catch (IOException err) {
+				close();
+				throw new TransportException(uri, "remote hung up", err);
+			}
+		}
+
+		protected void doPush(final ProgressMonitor monitor,
+				final Map<String, RemoteRefUpdate> refUpdates)
+				throws TransportException {
+			final Service svc = new Service(SVC_RECEIVE_PACK);
+			init(svc.in, svc.out);
+			super.doPush(monitor, refUpdates);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * State required to speak multiple HTTP requests with the remote.
+	 * <p>
+	 * A service wrapper provides a normal looking InputStream and OutputStream
+	 * pair which are connected via HTTP to the named remote service. Writing to
+	 * the OutputStream is buffered until either the buffer overflows, or
+	 * reading from the InputStream occurs. If overflow occurs HTTP/1.1 and its
+	 * chunked transfer encoding is used to stream the request data to the
+	 * remote service. If the entire request fits in the memory buffer, the
+	 * older HTTP/1.0 standard and a fixed content length is used instead.
+	 * <p>
+	 * It is an error to attempt to read without there being outstanding data
+	 * ready for transmission on the OutputStream.
+	 * <p>
+	 * No state is preserved between write-read request pairs. The caller is
+	 * responsible for replaying state vector information as part of the request
+	 * data written to the OutputStream. Any session HTTP cookies may or may not
+	 * be preserved between requests, it is left up to the JVM's implementation
+	 * of the HTTP client.
+	 */
+	class Service {
+		private final String serviceName;
+
+		private final String requestType;
+
+		private final String responseType;
+
+		private final UnionInputStream httpIn;
+
+		final HttpInputStream in;
+
+		final HttpOutputStream out;
+
+		HttpURLConnection conn;
+
+		Service(final String serviceName) {
+			this.serviceName = serviceName;
+			this.requestType = "application/x-" + serviceName + "-request";
+			this.responseType = "application/x-" + serviceName + "-result";
+
+			this.httpIn = new UnionInputStream();
+			this.in = new HttpInputStream(httpIn);
+			this.out = new HttpOutputStream();
+		}
+
+		void openStream() throws IOException {
+			conn = httpOpen(new URL(baseUrl, serviceName));
+			conn.setRequestMethod(METHOD_POST);
+			conn.setInstanceFollowRedirects(false);
+			conn.setDoOutput(true);
+			conn.setRequestProperty(HDR_CONTENT_TYPE, requestType);
+			conn.setRequestProperty(HDR_ACCEPT, responseType);
+		}
+
+		void execute() throws IOException {
+			out.close();
+
+			if (conn == null) {
+				// Output hasn't started yet, because everything fit into
+				// our request buffer. Send with a Content-Length header.
+				//
+				if (out.length() == 0) {
+					throw new TransportException(uri, "Starting read stage"
+							+ " without written request data pending"
+							+ " is not supported");
+				}
+
+				// Try to compress the content, but only if that is smaller.
+				TemporaryBuffer buf = new TemporaryBuffer.Heap(http.postBuffer);
+				try {
+					GZIPOutputStream gzip = new GZIPOutputStream(buf);
+					out.writeTo(gzip, null);
+					gzip.close();
+					if (out.length() < buf.length())
+						buf = out;
+				} catch (IOException err) {
+					// Most likely caused by overflowing the buffer, meaning
+					// its larger if it were compressed. Don't compress.
+					buf = out;
+				}
+
+				openStream();
+				if (buf != out)
+					conn.setRequestProperty(HDR_CONTENT_ENCODING, ENCODING_GZIP);
+				conn.setFixedLengthStreamingMode((int) buf.length());
+				final OutputStream httpOut = conn.getOutputStream();
+				try {
+					buf.writeTo(httpOut, null);
+				} finally {
+					httpOut.close();
+				}
+			}
+
+			out.reset();
+
+			final int status = HttpSupport.response(conn);
+			if (status != HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
+				throw new TransportException(uri, status + " "
+						+ conn.getResponseMessage());
+			}
+
+			final String contentType = conn.getContentType();
+			if (!responseType.equals(contentType)) {
+				conn.getInputStream().close();
+				throw wrongContentType(responseType, contentType);
+			}
+
+			httpIn.add(openInputStream(conn));
+			conn = null;
+		}
+
+		class HttpOutputStream extends TemporaryBuffer {
+			HttpOutputStream() {
+				super(http.postBuffer);
+			}
+
+			@Override
+			protected OutputStream overflow() throws IOException {
+				openStream();
+				conn.setChunkedStreamingMode(0);
+				return conn.getOutputStream();
+			}
+		}
+
+		class HttpInputStream extends InputStream {
+			private final UnionInputStream src;
+
+			HttpInputStream(UnionInputStream httpIn) {
+				this.src = httpIn;
+			}
+
+			private InputStream self() throws IOException {
+				if (src.isEmpty()) {
+					// If we have no InputStreams available it means we must
+					// have written data previously to the service, but have
+					// not yet finished the HTTP request in order to get the
+					// response from the service. Ensure we get it now.
+					//
+					execute();
+				}
+				return src;
+			}
+
+			public int available() throws IOException {
+				return self().available();
+			}
+
+			public int read() throws IOException {
+				return self().read();
+			}
+
+			public int read(byte[] b, int off, int len) throws IOException {
+				return self().read(b, off, len);
+			}
+
+			public long skip(long n) throws IOException {
+				return self().skip(n);
+			}
+
+			public void close() throws IOException {
+				src.close();
+			}
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/HttpSupport.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/HttpSupport.java
index 8ce2ff06ec8cd61cc06d028b19eb47cbac4a215a..2532593ec518636ca394aaa527dadb323af0ea2e 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/HttpSupport.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/HttpSupport.java
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ public class HttpSupport {
 	/** The {@code Pragma} header. */
 	public static final String HDR_PRAGMA = "Pragma";
 
+	/** The {@code User-Agent} header. */
+	public static final String HDR_USER_AGENT = "User-Agent";
+
 	/** The {@code Date} header. */
 	public static final String HDR_DATE = "Date";
 
@@ -83,6 +86,9 @@ public class HttpSupport {
 	/** The {@code If-Modified-Since} header. */
 	public static final String HDR_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE = "If-Modified-Since";
 
+	/** The {@code Accept} header. */
+	public static final String HDR_ACCEPT = "Accept";
+
 	/** The {@code Content-Type} header. */
 	public static final String HDR_CONTENT_TYPE = "Content-Type";
 
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/io/DisabledOutputStream.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/io/DisabledOutputStream.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e38660d6325ad2e13520cefa83037c27c8066fc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/util/io/DisabledOutputStream.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2009-2010, Google Inc.
+ * and other copyright owners as documented in the project's IP log.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available
+ * under the terms of the Eclipse Distribution License v1.0 which
+ * accompanies this distribution, is reproduced below, and is
+ * available at http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php
+ *
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
+ * without modification, are permitted provided that the following
+ * conditions are met:
+ *
+ * - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ *   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *
+ * - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+ *   copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+ *   disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
+ *   with the distribution.
+ *
+ * - Neither the name of the Eclipse Foundation, Inc. nor the
+ *   names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote
+ *   products derived from this software without specific prior
+ *   written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND
+ * CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
+ * INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
+ * OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+ * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR
+ * CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
+ * NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
+ * LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
+ * CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
+ * STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
+ * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
+ * ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+package org.eclipse.jgit.util.io;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+
+/** An OutputStream which always throws IllegalStateExeption during write. */
+public final class DisabledOutputStream extends OutputStream {
+	/** The canonical instance which always throws IllegalStateException. */
+	public static final DisabledOutputStream INSTANCE = new DisabledOutputStream();
+
+	private DisabledOutputStream() {
+		// Do nothing, but we want to hide our constructor to prevent
+		// more than one instance from being created.
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void write(int b) throws IOException {
+		// We shouldn't be writing output at this stage, there
+		// is nobody listening to us.
+		//
+		throw new IllegalStateException("Writing not permitted");
+	}
+}