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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt21
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt8
2 files changed, 28 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt
index f5836e4..5ce4cda 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt
@@ -98,6 +98,20 @@ advertised with this capability must cover all refs reported by
the list command. If no 'refspec' capability is advertised,
there is an implied `refspec *:*`.
+'bidi-import'::
+ The fast-import commands 'cat-blob' and 'ls' can be used by remote-helpers
+ to retrieve information about blobs and trees that already exist in
+ fast-import's memory. This requires a channel from fast-import to the
+ remote-helper.
+ If it is advertised in addition to "import", git establishes a pipe from
+ fast-import to the remote-helper's stdin.
+ It follows that git and fast-import are both connected to the
+ remote-helper's stdin. Because git can send multiple commands to
+ the remote-helper it is required that helpers that use 'bidi-import'
+ buffer all 'import' commands of a batch before sending data to fast-import.
+ This is to prevent mixing commands and fast-import responses on the
+ helper's stdin.
+
Capabilities for Pushing
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'connect'::
@@ -286,7 +300,12 @@ terminated with a blank line. For each batch of 'import', the remote
helper should produce a fast-import stream terminated by a 'done'
command.
+
-Supported if the helper has the "import" capability.
+Note that if the 'bidi-import' capability is used the complete batch
+sequence has to be buffered before starting to send data to fast-import
+to prevent mixing of commands and fast-import responses on the helper's
+stdin.
++
+Supported if the helper has the 'import' capability.
'connect' <service>::
Connects to given service. Standard input and standard output
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt
index 1a79781..a959517 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt
@@ -53,3 +53,11 @@ Functions
`argv_array_clear`::
Free all memory associated with the array and return it to the
initial, empty state.
+
+`argv_array_detach`::
+ Detach the argv array from the `struct argv_array`, transfering
+ ownership of the allocated array and strings.
+
+`argv_array_free_detached`::
+ Free the memory allocated by a `struct argv_array` that was later
+ detached and is now no longer needed.