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diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-sub-process.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-sub-process.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 793508cf3e..0000000000 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-sub-process.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,59 +0,0 @@ -sub-process API -=============== - -The sub-process API makes it possible to run background sub-processes -for the entire lifetime of a Git invocation. If Git needs to communicate -with an external process multiple times, then this can reduces the process -invocation overhead. Git and the sub-process communicate through stdin and -stdout. - -The sub-processes are kept in a hashmap by command name and looked up -via the subprocess_find_entry function. If an existing instance can not -be found then a new process should be created and started. When the -parent git command terminates, all sub-processes are also terminated. - -This API is based on the run-command API. - -Data structures ---------------- - -* `struct subprocess_entry` - -The sub-process structure. Members should not be accessed directly. - -Types ------ - -'int(*subprocess_start_fn)(struct subprocess_entry *entry)':: - - User-supplied function to initialize the sub-process. This is - typically used to negotiate the interface version and capabilities. - - -Functions ---------- - -`cmd2process_cmp`:: - - Function to test two subprocess hashmap entries for equality. - -`subprocess_start`:: - - Start a subprocess and add it to the subprocess hashmap. - -`subprocess_stop`:: - - Kill a subprocess and remove it from the subprocess hashmap. - -`subprocess_find_entry`:: - - Find a subprocess in the subprocess hashmap. - -`subprocess_get_child_process`:: - - Get the underlying `struct child_process` from a subprocess. - -`subprocess_read_status`:: - - Helper function to read packets looking for the last "status=<foo>" - key/value pair. |