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This also bumps the stable nixpkgs to 20.09 as of 2020-11-21, because there is some breakage in the git build related to the netrc credentials helper which someone has taken care of in nixpkgs. The stable channel is not used for anything other than git, so this should be fine. Change-Id: I3575a19dab09e1e9556cf8231d717de9890484fb
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Git Wire Protocol, Version 2
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============================
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This document presents a specification for a version 2 of Git's wire
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protocol. Protocol v2 will improve upon v1 in the following ways:
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* Instead of multiple service names, multiple commands will be
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supported by a single service
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* Easily extendable as capabilities are moved into their own section
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of the protocol, no longer being hidden behind a NUL byte and
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limited by the size of a pkt-line
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* Separate out other information hidden behind NUL bytes (e.g. agent
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string as a capability and symrefs can be requested using 'ls-refs')
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* Reference advertisement will be omitted unless explicitly requested
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* ls-refs command to explicitly request some refs
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* Designed with http and stateless-rpc in mind. With clear flush
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semantics the http remote helper can simply act as a proxy
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In protocol v2 communication is command oriented. When first contacting a
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server a list of capabilities will advertised. Some of these capabilities
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will be commands which a client can request be executed. Once a command
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has completed, a client can reuse the connection and request that other
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commands be executed.
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Packet-Line Framing
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-------------------
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All communication is done using packet-line framing, just as in v1. See
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`Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt` and
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`Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt` for more information.
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In protocol v2 these special packets will have the following semantics:
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* '0000' Flush Packet (flush-pkt) - indicates the end of a message
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* '0001' Delimiter Packet (delim-pkt) - separates sections of a message
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* '0002' Message Packet (response-end-pkt) - indicates the end of a response
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for stateless connections
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Initial Client Request
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----------------------
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In general a client can request to speak protocol v2 by sending
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`version=2` through the respective side-channel for the transport being
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used which inevitably sets `GIT_PROTOCOL`. More information can be
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found in `pack-protocol.txt` and `http-protocol.txt`. In all cases the
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response from the server is the capability advertisement.
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Git Transport
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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When using the git:// transport, you can request to use protocol v2 by
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sending "version=2" as an extra parameter:
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003egit-upload-pack /project.git\0host=myserver.com\0\0version=2\0
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SSH and File Transport
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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When using either the ssh:// or file:// transport, the GIT_PROTOCOL
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environment variable must be set explicitly to include "version=2".
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HTTP Transport
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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When using the http:// or https:// transport a client makes a "smart"
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info/refs request as described in `http-protocol.txt` and requests that
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v2 be used by supplying "version=2" in the `Git-Protocol` header.
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C: GET $GIT_URL/info/refs?service=git-upload-pack HTTP/1.0
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C: Git-Protocol: version=2
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A v2 server would reply:
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S: 200 OK
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S: <Some headers>
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S: ...
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S:
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S: 000eversion 2\n
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S: <capability-advertisement>
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Subsequent requests are then made directly to the service
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`$GIT_URL/git-upload-pack`. (This works the same for git-receive-pack).
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Capability Advertisement
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------------------------
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A server which decides to communicate (based on a request from a client)
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using protocol version 2, notifies the client by sending a version string
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in its initial response followed by an advertisement of its capabilities.
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Each capability is a key with an optional value. Clients must ignore all
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unknown keys. Semantics of unknown values are left to the definition of
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each key. Some capabilities will describe commands which can be requested
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to be executed by the client.
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capability-advertisement = protocol-version
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capability-list
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flush-pkt
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protocol-version = PKT-LINE("version 2" LF)
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capability-list = *capability
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capability = PKT-LINE(key[=value] LF)
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key = 1*(ALPHA | DIGIT | "-_")
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value = 1*(ALPHA | DIGIT | " -_.,?\/{}[]()<>!@#$%^&*+=:;")
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Command Request
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---------------
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After receiving the capability advertisement, a client can then issue a
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request to select the command it wants with any particular capabilities
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or arguments. There is then an optional section where the client can
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provide any command specific parameters or queries. Only a single
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command can be requested at a time.
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request = empty-request | command-request
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empty-request = flush-pkt
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command-request = command
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capability-list
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[command-args]
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flush-pkt
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command = PKT-LINE("command=" key LF)
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command-args = delim-pkt
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*command-specific-arg
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command-specific-args are packet line framed arguments defined by
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each individual command.
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The server will then check to ensure that the client's request is
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comprised of a valid command as well as valid capabilities which were
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advertised. If the request is valid the server will then execute the
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command. A server MUST wait till it has received the client's entire
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request before issuing a response. The format of the response is
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determined by the command being executed, but in all cases a flush-pkt
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indicates the end of the response.
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When a command has finished, and the client has received the entire
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response from the server, a client can either request that another
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command be executed or can terminate the connection. A client may
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optionally send an empty request consisting of just a flush-pkt to
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indicate that no more requests will be made.
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Capabilities
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------------
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There are two different types of capabilities: normal capabilities,
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which can be used to convey information or alter the behavior of a
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request, and commands, which are the core actions that a client wants to
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perform (fetch, push, etc).
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Protocol version 2 is stateless by default. This means that all commands
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must only last a single round and be stateless from the perspective of the
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server side, unless the client has requested a capability indicating that
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state should be maintained by the server. Clients MUST NOT require state
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management on the server side in order to function correctly. This
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permits simple round-robin load-balancing on the server side, without
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needing to worry about state management.
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agent
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~~~~~
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The server can advertise the `agent` capability with a value `X` (in the
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form `agent=X`) to notify the client that the server is running version
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`X`. The client may optionally send its own agent string by including
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the `agent` capability with a value `Y` (in the form `agent=Y`) in its
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request to the server (but it MUST NOT do so if the server did not
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advertise the agent capability). The `X` and `Y` strings may contain any
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printable ASCII characters except space (i.e., the byte range 32 < x <
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127), and are typically of the form "package/version" (e.g.,
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"git/1.8.3.1"). The agent strings are purely informative for statistics
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and debugging purposes, and MUST NOT be used to programmatically assume
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the presence or absence of particular features.
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ls-refs
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~~~~~~~
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`ls-refs` is the command used to request a reference advertisement in v2.
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Unlike the current reference advertisement, ls-refs takes in arguments
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which can be used to limit the refs sent from the server.
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Additional features not supported in the base command will be advertised
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as the value of the command in the capability advertisement in the form
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of a space separated list of features: "<command>=<feature 1> <feature 2>"
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ls-refs takes in the following arguments:
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symrefs
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In addition to the object pointed by it, show the underlying ref
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pointed by it when showing a symbolic ref.
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peel
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Show peeled tags.
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ref-prefix <prefix>
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When specified, only references having a prefix matching one of
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the provided prefixes are displayed.
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The output of ls-refs is as follows:
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output = *ref
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flush-pkt
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ref = PKT-LINE(obj-id SP refname *(SP ref-attribute) LF)
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ref-attribute = (symref | peeled)
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symref = "symref-target:" symref-target
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peeled = "peeled:" obj-id
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fetch
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~~~~~
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`fetch` is the command used to fetch a packfile in v2. It can be looked
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at as a modified version of the v1 fetch where the ref-advertisement is
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stripped out (since the `ls-refs` command fills that role) and the
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message format is tweaked to eliminate redundancies and permit easy
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addition of future extensions.
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Additional features not supported in the base command will be advertised
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as the value of the command in the capability advertisement in the form
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of a space separated list of features: "<command>=<feature 1> <feature 2>"
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A `fetch` request can take the following arguments:
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want <oid>
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Indicates to the server an object which the client wants to
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retrieve. Wants can be anything and are not limited to
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advertised objects.
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have <oid>
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Indicates to the server an object which the client has locally.
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This allows the server to make a packfile which only contains
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the objects that the client needs. Multiple 'have' lines can be
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supplied.
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done
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Indicates to the server that negotiation should terminate (or
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not even begin if performing a clone) and that the server should
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use the information supplied in the request to construct the
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packfile.
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thin-pack
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Request that a thin pack be sent, which is a pack with deltas
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which reference base objects not contained within the pack (but
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are known to exist at the receiving end). This can reduce the
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network traffic significantly, but it requires the receiving end
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to know how to "thicken" these packs by adding the missing bases
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to the pack.
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no-progress
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Request that progress information that would normally be sent on
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side-band channel 2, during the packfile transfer, should not be
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sent. However, the side-band channel 3 is still used for error
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responses.
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include-tag
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Request that annotated tags should be sent if the objects they
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point to are being sent.
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ofs-delta
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Indicate that the client understands PACKv2 with delta referring
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to its base by position in pack rather than by an oid. That is,
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they can read OBJ_OFS_DELTA (aka type 6) in a packfile.
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If the 'shallow' feature is advertised the following arguments can be
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included in the clients request as well as the potential addition of the
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'shallow-info' section in the server's response as explained below.
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shallow <oid>
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A client must notify the server of all commits for which it only
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has shallow copies (meaning that it doesn't have the parents of
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a commit) by supplying a 'shallow <oid>' line for each such
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object so that the server is aware of the limitations of the
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client's history. This is so that the server is aware that the
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client may not have all objects reachable from such commits.
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deepen <depth>
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Requests that the fetch/clone should be shallow having a commit
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depth of <depth> relative to the remote side.
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deepen-relative
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Requests that the semantics of the "deepen" command be changed
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to indicate that the depth requested is relative to the client's
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current shallow boundary, instead of relative to the requested
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commits.
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deepen-since <timestamp>
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Requests that the shallow clone/fetch should be cut at a
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specific time, instead of depth. Internally it's equivalent to
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doing "git rev-list --max-age=<timestamp>". Cannot be used with
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"deepen".
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deepen-not <rev>
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Requests that the shallow clone/fetch should be cut at a
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specific revision specified by '<rev>', instead of a depth.
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Internally it's equivalent of doing "git rev-list --not <rev>".
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Cannot be used with "deepen", but can be used with
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"deepen-since".
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If the 'filter' feature is advertised, the following argument can be
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included in the client's request:
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filter <filter-spec>
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Request that various objects from the packfile be omitted
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using one of several filtering techniques. These are intended
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for use with partial clone and partial fetch operations. See
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`rev-list` for possible "filter-spec" values. When communicating
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with other processes, senders SHOULD translate scaled integers
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(e.g. "1k") into a fully-expanded form (e.g. "1024") to aid
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interoperability with older receivers that may not understand
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newly-invented scaling suffixes. However, receivers SHOULD
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accept the following suffixes: 'k', 'm', and 'g' for 1024,
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1048576, and 1073741824, respectively.
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If the 'ref-in-want' feature is advertised, the following argument can
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be included in the client's request as well as the potential addition of
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the 'wanted-refs' section in the server's response as explained below.
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want-ref <ref>
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Indicates to the server that the client wants to retrieve a
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particular ref, where <ref> is the full name of a ref on the
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server.
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If the 'sideband-all' feature is advertised, the following argument can be
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included in the client's request:
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sideband-all
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Instruct the server to send the whole response multiplexed, not just
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the packfile section. All non-flush and non-delim PKT-LINE in the
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response (not only in the packfile section) will then start with a byte
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indicating its sideband (1, 2, or 3), and the server may send "0005\2"
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(a PKT-LINE of sideband 2 with no payload) as a keepalive packet.
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If the 'packfile-uris' feature is advertised, the following argument
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can be included in the client's request as well as the potential
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addition of the 'packfile-uris' section in the server's response as
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explained below.
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packfile-uris <comma-separated list of protocols>
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Indicates to the server that the client is willing to receive
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URIs of any of the given protocols in place of objects in the
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sent packfile. Before performing the connectivity check, the
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client should download from all given URIs. Currently, the
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protocols supported are "http" and "https".
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The response of `fetch` is broken into a number of sections separated by
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delimiter packets (0001), with each section beginning with its section
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header. Most sections are sent only when the packfile is sent.
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output = acknowledgements flush-pkt |
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[acknowledgments delim-pkt] [shallow-info delim-pkt]
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[wanted-refs delim-pkt] [packfile-uris delim-pkt]
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packfile flush-pkt
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acknowledgments = PKT-LINE("acknowledgments" LF)
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(nak | *ack)
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(ready)
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ready = PKT-LINE("ready" LF)
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nak = PKT-LINE("NAK" LF)
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ack = PKT-LINE("ACK" SP obj-id LF)
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shallow-info = PKT-LINE("shallow-info" LF)
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*PKT-LINE((shallow | unshallow) LF)
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shallow = "shallow" SP obj-id
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unshallow = "unshallow" SP obj-id
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wanted-refs = PKT-LINE("wanted-refs" LF)
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*PKT-LINE(wanted-ref LF)
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wanted-ref = obj-id SP refname
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packfile-uris = PKT-LINE("packfile-uris" LF) *packfile-uri
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packfile-uri = PKT-LINE(40*(HEXDIGIT) SP *%x20-ff LF)
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packfile = PKT-LINE("packfile" LF)
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*PKT-LINE(%x01-03 *%x00-ff)
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acknowledgments section
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* If the client determines that it is finished with negotiations by
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sending a "done" line (thus requiring the server to send a packfile),
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the acknowledgments sections MUST be omitted from the server's
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response.
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* Always begins with the section header "acknowledgments"
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* The server will respond with "NAK" if none of the object ids sent
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as have lines were common.
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* The server will respond with "ACK obj-id" for all of the
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object ids sent as have lines which are common.
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* A response cannot have both "ACK" lines as well as a "NAK"
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line.
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* The server will respond with a "ready" line indicating that
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the server has found an acceptable common base and is ready to
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make and send a packfile (which will be found in the packfile
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section of the same response)
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* If the server has found a suitable cut point and has decided
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to send a "ready" line, then the server can decide to (as an
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optimization) omit any "ACK" lines it would have sent during
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its response. This is because the server will have already
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determined the objects it plans to send to the client and no
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further negotiation is needed.
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shallow-info section
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* If the client has requested a shallow fetch/clone, a shallow
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client requests a fetch or the server is shallow then the
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server's response may include a shallow-info section. The
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shallow-info section will be included if (due to one of the
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above conditions) the server needs to inform the client of any
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shallow boundaries or adjustments to the clients already
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existing shallow boundaries.
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* Always begins with the section header "shallow-info"
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* If a positive depth is requested, the server will compute the
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set of commits which are no deeper than the desired depth.
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* The server sends a "shallow obj-id" line for each commit whose
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parents will not be sent in the following packfile.
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* The server sends an "unshallow obj-id" line for each commit
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which the client has indicated is shallow, but is no longer
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shallow as a result of the fetch (due to its parents being
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sent in the following packfile).
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* The server MUST NOT send any "unshallow" lines for anything
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which the client has not indicated was shallow as a part of
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its request.
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wanted-refs section
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* This section is only included if the client has requested a
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ref using a 'want-ref' line and if a packfile section is also
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included in the response.
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* Always begins with the section header "wanted-refs".
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* The server will send a ref listing ("<oid> <refname>") for
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each reference requested using 'want-ref' lines.
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* The server MUST NOT send any refs which were not requested
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using 'want-ref' lines.
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packfile-uris section
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* This section is only included if the client sent
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'packfile-uris' and the server has at least one such URI to
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send.
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* Always begins with the section header "packfile-uris".
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* For each URI the server sends, it sends a hash of the pack's
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contents (as output by git index-pack) followed by the URI.
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* The hashes are 40 hex characters long. When Git upgrades to a new
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hash algorithm, this might need to be updated. (It should match
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whatever index-pack outputs after "pack\t" or "keep\t".
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packfile section
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* This section is only included if the client has sent 'want'
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lines in its request and either requested that no more
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negotiation be done by sending 'done' or if the server has
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decided it has found a sufficient cut point to produce a
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packfile.
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* Always begins with the section header "packfile"
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* The transmission of the packfile begins immediately after the
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section header
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* The data transfer of the packfile is always multiplexed, using
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the same semantics of the 'side-band-64k' capability from
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protocol version 1. This means that each packet, during the
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packfile data stream, is made up of a leading 4-byte pkt-line
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length (typical of the pkt-line format), followed by a 1-byte
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stream code, followed by the actual data.
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The stream code can be one of:
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1 - pack data
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2 - progress messages
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3 - fatal error message just before stream aborts
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server-option
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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If advertised, indicates that any number of server specific options can be
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included in a request. This is done by sending each option as a
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"server-option=<option>" capability line in the capability-list section of
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a request.
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The provided options must not contain a NUL or LF character.
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object-format
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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The server can advertise the `object-format` capability with a value `X` (in the
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form `object-format=X`) to notify the client that the server is able to deal
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with objects using hash algorithm X. If not specified, the server is assumed to
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only handle SHA-1. If the client would like to use a hash algorithm other than
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SHA-1, it should specify its object-format string.
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