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diff --git a/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt b/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt
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--- a/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ Initial Client Request
In general a client can request to speak protocol v2 by sending
`version=2` through the respective side-channel for the transport being
used which inevitably sets `GIT_PROTOCOL`. More information can be
-found in `pack-protocol.txt` and `http-protocol.txt`. In all cases the
+found in `pack-protocol.txt` and `http-protocol.txt`, as well as the
+`GIT_PROTOCOL` definition in `git.txt`. In all cases the
response from the server is the capability advertisement.
Git Transport
@@ -58,6 +59,8 @@ SSH and File Transport
When using either the ssh:// or file:// transport, the GIT_PROTOCOL
environment variable must be set explicitly to include "version=2".
+The server may need to be configured to allow this environment variable
+to pass.
HTTP Transport
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -81,6 +84,12 @@ A v2 server would reply:
Subsequent requests are then made directly to the service
`$GIT_URL/git-upload-pack`. (This works the same for git-receive-pack).
+Uses the `--http-backend-info-refs` option to
+linkgit:git-upload-pack[1].
+
+The server may need to be configured to pass this header's contents via
+the `GIT_PROTOCOL` variable. See the discussion in `git-http-backend.txt`.
+
Capability Advertisement
------------------------