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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt | 46 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt | 5 |
2 files changed, 30 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt b/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt index 4064fc796f..c6977bbc5a 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt @@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ data. The protocol functions to have a server tell a client what is currently on the server, then for the two to negotiate the smallest amount of data to send in order to fully update one or the other. +pkt-line Format +--------------- + +The descriptions below build on the pkt-line format described in +protocol-common.txt. When the grammar indicate `PKT-LINE(...)`, unless +otherwise noted the usual pkt-line LF rules apply: the sender SHOULD +include a LF, but the receiver MUST NOT complain if it is not present. + Transports ---------- There are three transports over which the packfile protocol is @@ -143,9 +151,6 @@ with the object name that each reference currently points to. 003fe92df48743b7bc7d26bcaabfddde0a1e20cae47c refs/tags/v1.0^{} 0000 -Server SHOULD terminate each non-flush line using LF ("\n") terminator; -client MUST NOT complain if there is no terminator. - The returned response is a pkt-line stream describing each ref and its current value. The stream MUST be sorted by name according to the C locale ordering. @@ -165,15 +170,15 @@ MUST peel the ref if it's an annotated tag. flush-pkt no-refs = PKT-LINE(zero-id SP "capabilities^{}" - NUL capability-list LF) + NUL capability-list) list-of-refs = first-ref *other-ref first-ref = PKT-LINE(obj-id SP refname - NUL capability-list LF) + NUL capability-list) other-ref = PKT-LINE(other-tip / other-peeled) - other-tip = obj-id SP refname LF - other-peeled = obj-id SP refname "^{}" LF + other-tip = obj-id SP refname + other-peeled = obj-id SP refname "^{}" shallow = PKT-LINE("shallow" SP obj-id) @@ -216,8 +221,8 @@ out of what the server said it could do with the first 'want' line. depth-request = PKT-LINE("deepen" SP depth) - first-want = PKT-LINE("want" SP obj-id SP capability-list LF) - additional-want = PKT-LINE("want" SP obj-id LF) + first-want = PKT-LINE("want" SP obj-id SP capability-list) + additional-want = PKT-LINE("want" SP obj-id) depth = 1*DIGIT ---- @@ -284,7 +289,7 @@ so that there is always a block of 32 "in-flight on the wire" at a time. compute-end have-list = *have-line - have-line = PKT-LINE("have" SP obj-id LF) + have-line = PKT-LINE("have" SP obj-id) compute-end = flush-pkt / PKT-LINE("done") ---- @@ -348,10 +353,10 @@ Then the server will start sending its packfile data. ---- server-response = *ack_multi ack / nak - ack_multi = PKT-LINE("ACK" SP obj-id ack_status LF) + ack_multi = PKT-LINE("ACK" SP obj-id ack_status) ack_status = "continue" / "common" / "ready" - ack = PKT-LINE("ACK SP obj-id LF) - nak = PKT-LINE("NAK" LF) + ack = PKT-LINE("ACK" SP obj-id) + nak = PKT-LINE("NAK") ---- A simple clone may look like this (with no 'have' lines): @@ -467,10 +472,10 @@ references. ---- update-request = *shallow ( command-list | push-cert ) [packfile] - shallow = PKT-LINE("shallow" SP obj-id LF) + shallow = PKT-LINE("shallow" SP obj-id) - command-list = PKT-LINE(command NUL capability-list LF) - *PKT-LINE(command LF) + command-list = PKT-LINE(command NUL capability-list) + *PKT-LINE(command) flush-pkt command = create / delete / update @@ -521,7 +526,8 @@ Push Certificate A push certificate begins with a set of header lines. After the header and an empty line, the protocol commands follow, one per -line. +line. Note that the the trailing LF in push-cert PKT-LINEs is _not_ +optional; it must be present. Currently, the following header fields are defined: @@ -560,12 +566,12 @@ update was successful, or 'ng [refname] [error]' if the update was not. 1*(command-status) flush-pkt - unpack-status = PKT-LINE("unpack" SP unpack-result LF) + unpack-status = PKT-LINE("unpack" SP unpack-result) unpack-result = "ok" / error-msg command-status = command-ok / command-fail - command-ok = PKT-LINE("ok" SP refname LF) - command-fail = PKT-LINE("ng" SP refname SP error-msg LF) + command-ok = PKT-LINE("ok" SP refname) + command-fail = PKT-LINE("ng" SP refname SP error-msg) error-msg = 1*(OCTECT) ; where not "ok" ---- diff --git a/Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt b/Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt index 889985f707..bf30167ae3 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt @@ -62,7 +62,10 @@ A pkt-line MAY contain binary data, so implementors MUST ensure 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. +MUST be included in the total length. Receivers MUST treat pkt-lines +with non-binary data the same whether or not they contain the trailing +LF (stripping the LF if present, and not complaining when it is +missing). The maximum length of a pkt-line's data component is 65520 bytes. Implementations MUST NOT send pkt-line whose length exceeds 65524 |