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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/index-format.txt | 34 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/shallow.txt | 2 |
4 files changed, 30 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt b/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt index 51a79e63de..96d89ea9b2 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt @@ -401,8 +401,9 @@ at all in the request stream: The stream is terminated by a pkt-line flush (`0000`). A single "want" or "have" command MUST have one hex formatted -SHA-1 as its value. Multiple SHA-1s MUST be sent by sending -multiple commands. +object name as its value. Multiple object names MUST be sent by sending +multiple commands. Object names MUST be given using the object format +negotiated through the `object-format` capability (default SHA-1). The `have` list is created by popping the first 32 commits from `c_pending`. Less can be supplied if `c_pending` empties. diff --git a/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt b/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt index faa25c5c52..f9a3644711 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt @@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ Git index format == The Git index file has the following format - All binary numbers are in network byte order. Version 2 is described - here unless stated otherwise. + All binary numbers are in network byte order. + In a repository using the traditional SHA-1, checksums and object IDs + (object names) mentioned below are all computed using SHA-1. Similarly, + in SHA-256 repositories, these values are computed using SHA-256. + Version 2 is described here unless stated otherwise. - A 12-byte header consisting of @@ -32,8 +35,7 @@ Git index format Extension data - - 160-bit SHA-1 over the content of the index file before this - checksum. + - Hash checksum over the content of the index file before this checksum. == Index entry @@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ Git index format 32-bit file size This is the on-disk size from stat(2), truncated to 32-bit. - 160-bit SHA-1 for the represented object + Object name for the represented object A 16-bit 'flags' field split into (high to low bits) @@ -160,8 +162,8 @@ Git index format - A newline (ASCII 10); and - - 160-bit object name for the object that would result from writing - this span of index as a tree. + - Object name for the object that would result from writing this span + of index as a tree. An entry can be in an invalidated state and is represented by having a negative number in the entry_count field. In this case, there is no @@ -198,7 +200,7 @@ Git index format stage 1 to 3 (a missing stage is represented by "0" in this field); and - - At most three 160-bit object names of the entry in stages from 1 to 3 + - At most three object names of the entry in stages from 1 to 3 (nothing is written for a missing stage). === Split index @@ -211,8 +213,8 @@ Git index format The extension consists of: - - 160-bit SHA-1 of the shared index file. The shared index file path - is $GIT_DIR/sharedindex.<SHA-1>. If all 160 bits are zero, the + - Hash of the shared index file. The shared index file path + is $GIT_DIR/sharedindex.<hash>. If all bits are zero, the index does not require a shared index file. - An ewah-encoded delete bitmap, each bit represents an entry in the @@ -253,10 +255,10 @@ Git index format - 32-bit dir_flags (see struct dir_struct) - - 160-bit SHA-1 of $GIT_DIR/info/exclude. Null SHA-1 means the file + - Hash of $GIT_DIR/info/exclude. A null hash means the file does not exist. - - 160-bit SHA-1 of core.excludesfile. Null SHA-1 means the file does + - Hash of core.excludesfile. A null hash means the file does not exist. - NUL-terminated string of per-dir exclude file name. This usually @@ -285,13 +287,13 @@ The remaining data of each directory block is grouped by type: - An ewah bitmap, the n-th bit records "check-only" bit of read_directory_recursive() for the n-th directory. - - An ewah bitmap, the n-th bit indicates whether SHA-1 and stat data + - An ewah bitmap, the n-th bit indicates whether hash and stat data is valid for the n-th directory and exists in the next data. - An array of stat data. The n-th data corresponds with the n-th "one" bit in the previous ewah bitmap. - - An array of SHA-1. The n-th SHA-1 corresponds with the n-th "one" bit + - An array of hashes. The n-th hash corresponds with the n-th "one" bit in the previous ewah bitmap. - One NUL. @@ -330,12 +332,12 @@ The remaining data of each directory block is grouped by type: - 32-bit offset to the end of the index entries - - 160-bit SHA-1 over the extension types and their sizes (but not + - Hash over the extension types and their sizes (but not their contents). E.g. if we have "TREE" extension that is N-bytes long, "REUC" extension that is M-bytes long, followed by "EOIE", then the hash would be: - SHA-1("TREE" + <binary representation of N> + + Hash("TREE" + <binary representation of N> + "REUC" + <binary representation of M>) == Index Entry Offset Table diff --git a/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt b/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt index 36ccd14f97..124d716807 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt @@ -324,15 +324,19 @@ allow-tip-sha1-in-want ---------------------- If the upload-pack server advertises this capability, fetch-pack may -send "want" lines with SHA-1s that exist at the server but are not -advertised by upload-pack. +send "want" lines with object names that exist at the server but are not +advertised by upload-pack. For historical reasons, the name of this +capability contains "sha1". Object names are always given using the +object format negotiated through the 'object-format' capability. allow-reachable-sha1-in-want ---------------------------- If the upload-pack server advertises this capability, fetch-pack may -send "want" lines with SHA-1s that exist at the server but are not -advertised by upload-pack. +send "want" lines with object names that exist at the server but are not +advertised by upload-pack. For historical reasons, the name of this +capability contains "sha1". Object names are always given using the +object format negotiated through the 'object-format' capability. push-cert=<nonce> ----------------- diff --git a/Documentation/technical/shallow.txt b/Documentation/technical/shallow.txt index 01dedfe9ff..f3738baa0f 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/shallow.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/shallow.txt @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pretend as if they are root commits (e.g. "git log" traversal stops after showing them; "git fsck" does not complain saying the commits listed on their "parent" lines do not exist). -Each line contains exactly one SHA-1. When read, a commit_graft +Each line contains exactly one object name. When read, a commit_graft will be constructed, which has nr_parent < 0 to make it easier to discern from user provided grafts. |