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author | Brandon Williams <bmwill@google.com> | 2018-03-15 10:31:28 -0700 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2018-03-15 12:01:08 -0700 |
commit | 685fbd32916f3e94bc89aa14e8fdce835b06f801 (patch) | |
tree | 679bcd54162edebd9c4f73aafa052888e63d7895 /Documentation/technical | |
parent | upload-pack: introduce fetch server command (diff) | |
download | tgif-685fbd32916f3e94bc89aa14e8fdce835b06f801.tar.xz |
fetch-pack: perform a fetch using v2
When communicating with a v2 server, perform a fetch by requesting the
'fetch' command.
Signed-off-by: Brandon Williams <bmwill@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/technical')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt | 67 |
1 files changed, 66 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt b/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt index 307dc1489b..4f7f251569 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt @@ -255,12 +255,43 @@ A `fetch` request can take the following arguments: to its base by position in pack rather than by an oid. That is, they can read OBJ_OFS_DELTA (ake type 6) in a packfile. + shallow <oid> + A client must notify the server of all commits for which it only + has shallow copies (meaning that it doesn't have the parents of + a commit) by supplying a 'shallow <oid>' line for each such + object so that the server is aware of the limitations of the + client's history. This is so that the server is aware that the + client may not have all objects reachable from such commits. + + deepen <depth> + Requests that the fetch/clone should be shallow having a commit + depth of <depth> relative to the remote side. + + deepen-relative + Requests that the semantics of the "deepen" command be changed + to indicate that the depth requested is relative to the client's + current shallow boundary, instead of relative to the requested + commits. + + deepen-since <timestamp> + Requests that the shallow clone/fetch should be cut at a + specific time, instead of depth. Internally it's equivalent to + doing "git rev-list --max-age=<timestamp>". Cannot be used with + "deepen". + + deepen-not <rev> + Requests that the shallow clone/fetch should be cut at a + specific revision specified by '<rev>', instead of a depth. + Internally it's equivalent of doing "git rev-list --not <rev>". + Cannot be used with "deepen", but can be used with + "deepen-since". + The response of `fetch` is broken into a number of sections separated by delimiter packets (0001), with each section beginning with its section header. output = *section - section = (acknowledgments | packfile) + section = (acknowledgments | shallow-info | packfile) (flush-pkt | delim-pkt) acknowledgments = PKT-LINE("acknowledgments" LF) @@ -270,6 +301,11 @@ header. nak = PKT-LINE("NAK" LF) ack = PKT-LINE("ACK" SP obj-id LF) + shallow-info = PKT-LINE("shallow-info" LF) + *PKT-LINE((shallow | unshallow) LF) + shallow = "shallow" SP obj-id + unshallow = "unshallow" SP obj-id + packfile = PKT-LINE("packfile" LF) *PKT-LINE(%x01-03 *%x00-ff) @@ -301,6 +337,35 @@ header. determined the objects it plans to send to the client and no further negotiation is needed. + shallow-info section + If the client has requested a shallow fetch/clone, a shallow + client requests a fetch or the server is shallow then the + server's response may include a shallow-info section. The + shallow-info section will be included if (due to one of the + above conditions) the server needs to inform the client of any + shallow boundaries or adjustments to the clients already + existing shallow boundaries. + + * Always begins with the section header "shallow-info" + + * If a positive depth is requested, the server will compute the + set of commits which are no deeper than the desired depth. + + * The server sends a "shallow obj-id" line for each commit whose + parents will not be sent in the following packfile. + + * The server sends an "unshallow obj-id" line for each commit + which the client has indicated is shallow, but is no longer + shallow as a result of the fetch (due to its parents being + sent in the following packfile). + + * The server MUST NOT send any "unshallow" lines for anything + which the client has not indicated was shallow as a part of + its request. + + * This section is only included if a packfile section is also + included in the response. + packfile section * This section is only included if the client has sent 'want' lines in its request and either requested that no more |