Use only one header to send git blobs

2 files changed, 23 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lib/api/repositories.rb b/lib/api/repositories.rb
index 0f4cd2443b0..c95d2d2001d 100644
--- a/lib/api/repositories.rb
+++ b/lib/api/repositories.rb
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ module API
         not_found! "File" unless blob
 
         content_type 'text/plain'
-        header 'Gitlab-Workhorse-Repo-Path', repo.path_to_repo
-        header 'Gitlab-Workhorse-Send-Blob', blob.id
+        header *Gitlab::Workhorse.send_git_blob(repo, blob)
       end
 
       # Get a raw blob contents by blob sha
@@ -84,8 +83,7 @@ module API
         env['api.format'] = :txt
 
         content_type blob.mime_type
-        header 'Gitlab-Workhorse-Repo-Path', repo.path_to_repo
-        header 'Gitlab-Workhorse-Send-Blob', blob.id
+        header *Gitlab::Workhorse.send_git_blob(repo, blob)
       end
 
       # Get a an archive of the repository
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/workhorse.rb b/lib/gitlab/workhorse.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ff6fbf0b5c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/gitlab/workhorse.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+require 'base64'
+require 'json'
+
+module Gitlab
+  class Workhorse
+    class << self
+      def send_git_blob(repository, blob)
+        params_hash = {
+          'RepoPath' => repository.path_to_repo,
+          'BlobId' => blob.id,
+        }
+        params = Base64.urlsafe_encode64(JSON.dump(params_hash))
+
+        [
+          'Gitlab-Workhorse-Send-Data',
+          "git-blob:#{params}",
+        ]
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
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