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2015-05-23upload-pack: optionally allow fetching reachable sha1Fredrik Medley
With uploadpack.allowReachableSHA1InWant configuration option set on the server side, "git fetch" can make a request with a "want" line that names an object that has not been advertised (likely to have been obtained out of band or from a submodule pointer). Only objects reachable from the branch tips, i.e. the union of advertised branches and branches hidden by transfer.hideRefs, will be processed. Note that there is an associated cost of having to walk back the history to check the reachability. This feature can be used when obtaining the content of a certain commit, for which the sha1 is known, without the need of cloning the whole repository, especially if a shallow fetch is used. Useful cases are e.g. repositories containing large files in the history, fetching only the needed data for a submodule checkout, when sharing a sha1 without telling which exact branch it belongs to and in Gerrit, if you think in terms of commits instead of change numbers. (The Gerrit case has already been solved through allowTipSHA1InWant as every Gerrit change has a ref.) Signed-off-by: Fredrik Medley <fredrik.medley@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-06-25Merge branch 'ye/doc-http-proto'Junio C Hamano
* ye/doc-http-proto: http-protocol.txt: Basic Auth is defined in RFC 2617, not RFC 2616
2014-06-16http-protocol.txt: Basic Auth is defined in RFC 2617, not RFC 2616Yi EungJun
Signed-off-by: Yi EungJun <eungjun.yi@navercorp.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-05-21Documentation: use "command-line" when used as a compound adjective, and fix ↵Jason St. John
other minor grammatical issues Signed-off-by: Jason St. John <jstjohn@purdue.edu> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-02-20Documentation: fix documentation AsciiDoc links for external urlsRoberto Tyley
Turns out that putting 'link:' before the 'http' is actually superfluous in AsciiDoc, as there's already a predefined macro to handle it. "http, https, [etc] URLs are rendered using predefined inline macros." http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/userguide.html#_urls "Hypertext links to files on the local file system are specified using the link inline macro." http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/userguide.html#_linking_to_local_documents Despite being superfluous, the reference implementation of AsciiDoc tolerates the extra 'link:' and silently removes it, giving a functioning link in the generated HTML. However, AsciiDoctor (the Ruby implementation of AsciiDoc used to render the http://git-scm.com/ site) does /not/ have this behaviour, and so generates broken links, as can be seen here: http://git-scm.com/docs/git-cvsimport (links to cvs2git & parsecvs) http://git-scm.com/docs/git-filter-branch (link to The BFG) It's worth noting that after this change, the html generated by 'make html' in the git project is identical, and all links still work. Signed-off-by: Roberto Tyley <roberto.tyley@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-01-27http-protocol.txt: don't use uppercase for variable names in "The ↵Thomas Ackermann
Negotiation Algorithm" Signed-off-by: Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2014-01-27create HTML for http-protocol.txtThomas Ackermann
./Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt was missing from TECH_DOCS in Makefile. Add it and also improve HTML formatting while still retaining good readability of the ASCII text: - Use monospace font instead of italicized or roman font for machine output and source text - Use roman font for things which should be body text - Use double quotes consistently for "want" and "have" commands - Use uppercase "C" / "S" consistently for "client" / "server"; also use "C:" / "S:" instead of "(C)" / "(S)" for consistency and to avoid having formatted "(C)" as copyright symbol in HTML - Use only spaces and not a combination of tabs and spaces for whitespace Signed-off-by: Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-11-12Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt: typofixesMasanari Iida
Signed-off-by: Masanari Iida <standby24x7@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-09-06Documentation: make AsciiDoc links always point to HTML filesSebastian Schuberth
AsciiDoc's "link" is supposed to create hyperlinks for HTML output, so prefer a "link" to point to an HTML file instead of a text file if an HTML version of the file is being generated. For RelNotes, keep pointing to text files as no equivalent HTML files are generated. If appropriate, also update the link description to not contain the linked file's extension. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-08-21Document the HTTP transport protocolsShawn O. Pearce
Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> Revised-by: Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>