The required low-level logic was already available as part of
`libssh2` (via `LIBSSH2_FLAG_COMPRESS` `libssh2_session_flag()`[1]
option.)
This patch adds the new `libcurl` option `CURLOPT_SSH_COMPRESSION`
(boolean) and the new `curl` command-line option `--compressed-ssh`
to request this `libssh2` feature. To have compression enabled, it
is required that the SSH server supports a (zlib) compatible
compression method and that `libssh2` was built with `zlib` support
enabled.
[1] https://www.libssh2.org/libssh2_session_flag.html
Ref: https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/1732
Closes https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/1735
... to enable sending "OPTIONS *" which wasn't possible previously.
This option currently only works for HTTP.
Added test cases 1298 + 1299 to verify
Fixes#1280Closes#1462
For easier sharing with CMake. The contents were reformatted to use
two-space indent and expanded tabs (matching lib/Makefile.common).
Ref: https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/1288