From 3f36eb43059aef4ec0f40fd8cc7081c0a1a92c31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthieu Moy Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 11:21:39 +0200 Subject: Documentation/remote-helpers: document common use-case for private ref The current documentation mentions the private ref namespace, but does not really explain why it can be useful. Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano diff --git a/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt b/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt index 0827f69..9ae36da 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt @@ -176,6 +176,12 @@ applicable refspec takes precedence. The left-hand of refspecs advertised with this capability must cover all refs reported by the list command. If no 'refspec' capability is advertised, there is an implied `refspec *:*`. ++ +When writing remote-helpers for decentralized version control +systems, it is advised to keep a local copy of the repository to +interact with, and to let the private namespace refs point to this +local repository, while the refs/remotes namespace is used to track +the remote repository. 'bidi-import':: This modifies the 'import' capability. -- cgit v0.10.2-6-g49f6