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-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt6
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diff --git a/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt b/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt
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@@ -176,6 +176,12 @@ applicable refspec takes precedence. The left-hand of refspecs
advertised with this capability must cover all refs reported by
the list command. If no 'refspec' capability is advertised,
there is an implied `refspec *:*`.
++
+When writing remote-helpers for decentralized version control
+systems, it is advised to keep a local copy of the repository to
+interact with, and to let the private namespace refs point to this
+local repository, while the refs/remotes namespace is used to track
+the remote repository.
'bidi-import'::
This modifies the 'import' capability.