Possibly. I'm thinking more of retrieving an entire image, so you could also use...

to3m on Aug 19, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Initial revision of "git", the information manager...

Possibly. I'm thinking more of retrieving an entire image, so you could also use FTP. Anyway, this isn't really my field of expertise, I'm just foolishly throwing out a random suggestion...