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2014-02-10pack-protocol.txt: clarify 'obj-id' in the last ACK after 'done'Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
It's introduced in 1bd8c8f (git-upload-pack: Support the multi_ack protocol - 2005-10-28) but probably better documented in the commit message of 78affc4 (Add multi_ack_detailed capability to fetch-pack/upload-pack - 2009-10-30). Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-12-11receive/send-pack: support pushing from a shallow cloneNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-12-11make the sender advertise shallow commits to the receiverNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
If either receive-pack or upload-pack is called on a shallow repository, shallow commits (*) will be sent after the ref advertisement (but before the packet flush), so that the receiver has the full "shape" of the sender's commit graph. This will be needed for the receiver to update its .git/shallow if necessary. This breaks the protocol for all clients trying to push to a shallow repo, or fetch from one. Which is basically the same end result as today's "is_repository_shallow() && die()" in receive-pack and upload-pack. New clients will be made aware of shallow upstream and can make use of this information. The sender must send all shallow commits that are sent in the following pack. It may send more shallow commits than necessary. upload-pack for example may choose to advertise no shallow commits if it knows in advance that the pack it's going to send contains no shallow commits. But upload-pack is the server, so we choose the cheaper way, send full .git/shallow and let the client deal with it. Smart HTTP is not affected by this patch. Shallow support on smart-http comes later separately. (*) A shallow commit is a commit that terminates the revision walker. It is usually put in .git/shallow in order to keep the revision walker from going out of bound because there is no guarantee that objects behind this commit is available. Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2013-04-29upload-pack: ignore 'shallow' lines with unknown obj-idsMichael Heemskerk
When the client sends a 'shallow' line for an object that the server does not have, the server currently dies with the error: "did not find object for shallow <obj-id>". The client may have truncated the history at the commit by fetching shallowly from a different server, or the commit may have been garbage collected by the server. In either case, this unknown commit is not relevant for calculating the pack that is to be sent and can be safely ignored, and it is not used when recomputing where the updated history of the client is cauterised. The documentation in technical/pack-protocol.txt has been updated to remove the restriction that "Clients MUST NOT mention an obj-id which it does not know exists on the server". This requirement is not realistic because clients cannot know whether an object has been garbage collected by the server. Signed-off-by: Michael Heemskerk <mheemskerk@atlassian.com> Reviewed-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-10-16Documentation/technical: convert plain text files to asciidocThomas Ackermann
These were not originally meant for asciidoc, but they are already so close. Mark them up in asciidoc. Signed-off-by: Thomas Ackermann <th.acker@arcor.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-09-18Doc: Improve shallow depth wordingPhilip Oakley
Avoid confusion in compound sentence about the start of the commit set and the depth measure. Use two sentences. Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2012-05-14pack-protocol: fix first-want separator in the examplesCarlos Martín Nieto
When sending the "want" list, the capabilities list is separated from the obj-id by a SP instead of NUL as in the ref advertisement. The text is correct, but the examples wrongly show the separator as NUL. Fix the example so it uses SP. Signed-off-by: Carlos Martín Nieto <cmn@elego.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-10-03pack-protocol: document "ERR" lineNguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
Since a807328 (connect.c: add a way for git-daemon to pass an error back to client), git client recognizes "ERR" line and prints a friendly message to user if an error happens at server side. Document this. Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-06-09Document the underlying protocol used by shallow repositories and --depth ↵Alex Neronskiy
commands. Explain the exchange that occurs between a client and server when the client is requesting shallow history and/or is already using a shallow repository. Signed-off-by: Alex Neronskiy <zakmagnus@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-06-09Fix documentation of fetch-pack that implies that the client can disconnect ↵Alex Neronskiy
after sending wants. Specify conditions under which the client can terminate the connection early. Previously, an unintended behavior was possible which could confuse servers. Based-on-patch-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> Signed-off-by: Alex Neronskiy <zakmagnus@google.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-04-04pack-protocol.txt: fix pkt-line lengthsTay Ray Chuan
Previously, the lengths were 4-bytes short. Fix it such that the lengths reflect the total length of the pkt-line, as per spec. Signed-off-by: Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-04-04pack-protocol.txt: fix spellingTay Ray Chuan
s/paramater/parameter/. Signed-off-by: Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2010-01-31Fix typos in technical documentation.Ralf Wildenhues
Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2009-11-13Update packfile transfer protocol documentationScott Chacon
The current technical documentation for the packfile protocol is both sparse and incorrect. This documents the fetch-pack/upload-pack and send-pack/ receive-pack protocols much more fully. Add documentation from Shawn's upcoming http-protocol docs that is shared by the packfile protocol. protocol-common.txt describes ABNF notation amendments, refname rules and the packet line format. Add documentation on the various capabilities supported by the upload-pack and receive-pack protocols. protocol-capabilities.txt describes multi-ack, thin-pack, side-band[-64k], shallow, no-progress, include-tag, ofs-delta, delete-refs and report-status. Signed-off-by: Scott Chacon <schacon@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@lavabit.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2005-12-13Documentation: fix missing links to git(7)Junio C Hamano
Also move pack protocol description to technical/. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>