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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt b/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt index 1040d85319..a703d37e08 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt @@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ Initial Client Request In general a client can request to speak protocol v2 by sending `version=2` through the respective side-channel for the transport being used which inevitably sets `GIT_PROTOCOL`. More information can be -found in `pack-protocol.txt` and `http-protocol.txt`. In all cases the +found in `pack-protocol.txt` and `http-protocol.txt`, as well as the +`GIT_PROTOCOL` definition in `git.txt`. In all cases the response from the server is the capability advertisement. Git Transport @@ -58,6 +59,8 @@ SSH and File Transport When using either the ssh:// or file:// transport, the GIT_PROTOCOL environment variable must be set explicitly to include "version=2". +The server may need to be configured to allow this environment variable +to pass. HTTP Transport ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -81,6 +84,9 @@ A v2 server would reply: Subsequent requests are then made directly to the service `$GIT_URL/git-upload-pack`. (This works the same for git-receive-pack). +The server may need to be configured to pass this header's contents via +the `GIT_PROTOCOL` variable. See the discussion in `git-http-backend.txt`. + Capability Advertisement ------------------------ |