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diff --git a/Documentation/technical/repository-version.txt b/Documentation/technical/repository-version.txt index 00ad379..e03eacc 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/repository-version.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/repository-version.txt @@ -86,3 +86,15 @@ for testing format-1 compatibility. When the config key `extensions.preciousObjects` is set to `true`, objects in the repository MUST NOT be deleted (e.g., by `git-prune` or `git repack -d`). + +`partialclone` +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +When the config key `extensions.partialclone` is set, it indicates +that the repo was created with a partial clone (or later performed +a partial fetch) and that the remote may have omitted sending +certain unwanted objects. Such a remote is called a "promisor remote" +and it promises that all such omitted objects can be fetched from it +in the future. + +The value of this key is the name of the promisor remote. |