--- a/hgext/largefiles/proto.py	Mon Apr 15 23:47:04 2013 +0200
+++ b/hgext/largefiles/proto.py	Tue Apr 16 01:46:39 2013 +0200
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
                         _('putlfile failed (unexpected response):'), ret)
 
         def getlfile(self, sha):
+            """returns an iterable with the chunks of the file with sha sha"""
             stream = self._callstream("getlfile", sha=sha)
             length = stream.readline()
             try:
@@ -121,7 +122,12 @@
             except ValueError:
                 self._abort(error.ResponseError(_("unexpected response:"),
                                                 length))
-            return (length, stream)
+
+            # Mercurial doesn't close SSH connections after writing a stream
+            infile = lfutil.limitreader(stream, length)
+            for chunk in util.filechunkiter(infile, 128 * 1024):
+                yield chunk
+            infile.close()
 
         @batchable
         def statlfile(self, sha):

--- a/hgext/largefiles/remotestore.py	Mon Apr 15 23:47:04 2013 +0200
+++ b/hgext/largefiles/remotestore.py	Tue Apr 16 01:46:39 2013 +0200
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
                                'statlfile (%r)' % stat)
 
         try:
-            length, infile = self._get(hash)
+            chunks = self._get(hash)
         except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
             # 401s get converted to util.Aborts; everything else is fine being
             # turned into a StoreError
@@ -71,14 +71,7 @@
         except IOError, e:
             raise basestore.StoreError(filename, hash, self.url, str(e))
 
-        # Mercurial does not close its SSH connections after writing a stream
-        if length is not None:
-            infile = lfutil.limitreader(infile, length)
-        try:
-            return lfutil.copyandhash(util.filechunkiter(infile, 128 * 1024),
-                                      tmpfile)
-        finally:
-            infile.close()
+        return lfutil.copyandhash(chunks, tmpfile)
 
     def _verifyfile(self, cctx, cset, contents, standin, verified):
         filename = lfutil.splitstandin(standin)