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diff --git a/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt b/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt index 11c0efb..09e4e02 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt @@ -289,12 +289,30 @@ included in the clients request as well as the potential addition of the Cannot be used with "deepen", but can be used with "deepen-since". +If the 'filter' feature is advertised, the following argument can be +included in the client's request: + + filter <filter-spec> + Request that various objects from the packfile be omitted + using one of several filtering techniques. These are intended + for use with partial clone and partial fetch operations. See + `rev-list` for possible "filter-spec" values. + +If the 'ref-in-want' feature is advertised, the following argument can +be included in the client's request as well as the potential addition of +the 'wanted-refs' section in the server's response as explained below. + + want-ref <ref> + Indicates to the server that the client wants to retrieve a + particular ref, where <ref> is the full name of a ref on the + server. + The response of `fetch` is broken into a number of sections separated by delimiter packets (0001), with each section beginning with its section header. output = *section - section = (acknowledgments | shallow-info | packfile) + section = (acknowledgments | shallow-info | wanted-refs | packfile) (flush-pkt | delim-pkt) acknowledgments = PKT-LINE("acknowledgments" LF) @@ -309,6 +327,10 @@ header. shallow = "shallow" SP obj-id unshallow = "unshallow" SP obj-id + wanted-refs = PKT-LINE("wanted-refs" LF) + *PKT-LINE(wanted-ref LF) + wanted-ref = obj-id SP refname + packfile = PKT-LINE("packfile" LF) *PKT-LINE(%x01-03 *%x00-ff) @@ -369,6 +391,19 @@ header. * This section is only included if a packfile section is also included in the response. + wanted-refs section + * This section is only included if the client has requested a + ref using a 'want-ref' line and if a packfile section is also + included in the response. + + * Always begins with the section header "wanted-refs". + + * The server will send a ref listing ("<oid> <refname>") for + each reference requested using 'want-ref' lines. + + * The server MUST NOT send any refs which were not requested + using 'want-ref' lines. + packfile section * This section is only included if the client has sent 'want' lines in its request and either requested that no more @@ -392,3 +427,13 @@ header. 1 - pack data 2 - progress messages 3 - fatal error message just before stream aborts + + server-option +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +If advertised, indicates that any number of server specific options can be +included in a request. This is done by sending each option as a +"server-option=<option>" capability line in the capability-list section of +a request. + +The provided options must not contain a NUL or LF character. |