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| author |  Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com> | 2016-08-29 19:55:09 +0200 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2016-08-30 11:00:29 -0700 |
| commit | 7841c4801ce51f1f62d376d164372e8677c6bc94 (patch) | |
| tree | 3997218bc933001dddc43247b6b5976726655137 /Documentation/technical | |
| parent | Update packfile transfer protocol documentation (diff) | |
| download | tgif-7841c4801ce51f1f62d376d164372e8677c6bc94.tar.xz | |
pack-protocol: fix maximum pkt-line size
According to LARGE_PACKET_MAX in pkt-line.h the maximal length of a
pkt-line packet is 65520 bytes. The pkt-line header takes 4 bytes and
therefore the pkt-line data component must not exceed 65516 bytes.
Signed-off-by: Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/technical')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt b/Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt index d30a1b9510..d2a6b268cd 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt @@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ pkt-line parsing/formatting routines are 8-bit clean. A non-binary line SHOULD BE terminated by an LF, which if present MUST be included in the total length. -The maximum length of a pkt-line's data component is 65520 bytes. -Implementations MUST NOT send pkt-line whose length exceeds 65524 -(65520 bytes of payload + 4 bytes of length data). +The maximum length of a pkt-line's data component is 65516 bytes. +Implementations MUST NOT send pkt-line whose length exceeds 65520 +(65516 bytes of payload + 4 bytes of length data). Implementations SHOULD NOT send an empty pkt-line ("0004"). |