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@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ Each Extra Parameter takes the form of `<key>=<value>` or `<key>`.
Servers that receive any such Extra Parameters MUST ignore all
unrecognized keys. Currently, the only Extra Parameter recognized is
-"version=1".
+"version" with a value of '1' or '2'. See protocol-v2.txt for more
+information on protocol version 2.
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@@ -284,7 +285,9 @@ information is sent back to the client in the next step.
The client can optionally request that pack-objects omit various
objects from the packfile using one of several filtering techniques.
These are intended for use with partial clone and partial fetch
-operations. See `rev-list` for possible "filter-spec" values.
+operations. An object that does not meet a filter-spec value is
+omitted unless explicitly requested in a 'want' line. See `rev-list`
+for possible filter-spec values.
Once all the 'want's and 'shallow's (and optional 'deepen') are
transferred, clients MUST send a flush-pkt, to tell the server side