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| author |  Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> | 2009-10-30 17:47:28 -0700 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-10-30 19:20:54 -0700 |
| commit | 292ce46b60e2c12450c5c21044acf9c41bd837df (patch) | |
| tree | 0db25466b9bc4f695240b1b9b0e79bfec30d9c4b /Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt | |
| parent | fetch: Allow transport -v -v -v to set verbosity to 3 (diff) | |
| download | tgif-292ce46b60e2c12450c5c21044acf9c41bd837df.tar.xz | |
remote-helpers: Fetch more than one ref in a batch
Some network protocols (e.g. native git://) are able to fetch more
than one ref at a time and reduce the overall transfer cost by
combining the requests into a single exchange. Instead of feeding
each fetch request one at a time to the helper, feed all of them
at once so the helper can decide whether or not it should batch them.
Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
CC: Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt index 173ee232f2..e44d821c7b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt @@ -36,10 +36,16 @@ Commands are given by the caller on the helper's standard input, one per line. complete list, outputs a blank line. 'fetch' <sha1> <name>:: - Fetches the given object, writing the necessary objects to the - database. Outputs a blank line when the fetch is - complete. Only objects which were reported in the ref list - with a sha1 may be fetched this way. + Fetches the given object, writing the necessary objects + to the database. Fetch commands are sent in a batch, one + per line, and the batch is terminated with a blank line. + Outputs a single blank line when all fetch commands in the + same batch are complete. Only objects which were reported + in the ref list with a sha1 may be fetched this way. ++ +Optionally may output a 'lock <file>' line indicating a file under +GIT_DIR/objects/pack which is keeping a pack until refs can be +suitably updated. + Supported if the helper has the "fetch" capability. |