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@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
Packfile transfer protocols
===========================
-Git supports transferring data in packfiles over the ssh://, git:// and
+Git supports transferring data in packfiles over the ssh://, git://, http:// and
file:// transports. There exist two sets of protocols, one for pushing
data from a client to a server and another for fetching data from a
-server to a client. All three transports (ssh, git, file) use the same
-protocol to transfer data.
+server to a client. The three transports (ssh, git, file) use the same
+protocol to transfer data. http is documented in http-protocol.txt.
The processes invoked in the canonical Git implementation are 'upload-pack'
on the server side and 'fetch-pack' on the client side for fetching data;
@@ -212,9 +212,9 @@ out of what the server said it could do with the first 'want' line.
want-list = first-want
*additional-want
- shallow-line = PKT_LINE("shallow" SP obj-id)
+ shallow-line = PKT-LINE("shallow" SP obj-id)
- depth-request = PKT_LINE("deepen" SP depth)
+ 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)
@@ -465,9 +465,9 @@ contain all the objects that the server will need to complete the new
references.
----
- update-request = *shallow command-list [pack-file]
+ update-request = *shallow ( command-list | push-cert ) [packfile]
- shallow = PKT-LINE("shallow" SP obj-id)
+ shallow = PKT-LINE("shallow" SP obj-id LF)
command-list = PKT-LINE(command NUL capability-list LF)
*PKT-LINE(command LF)
@@ -481,17 +481,32 @@ references.
old-id = obj-id
new-id = obj-id
- pack-file = "PACK" 28*(OCTET)
+ push-cert = PKT-LINE("push-cert" NUL capability-list LF)
+ PKT-LINE("certificate version 0.1" LF)
+ PKT-LINE("pusher" SP ident LF)
+ PKT-LINE("pushee" SP url LF)
+ PKT-LINE("nonce" SP nonce LF)
+ PKT-LINE(LF)
+ *PKT-LINE(command LF)
+ *PKT-LINE(gpg-signature-lines LF)
+ PKT-LINE("push-cert-end" LF)
+
+ packfile = "PACK" 28*(OCTET)
----
If the receiving end does not support delete-refs, the sending end MUST
NOT ask for delete command.
-The pack-file MUST NOT be sent if the only command used is 'delete'.
+If the receiving end does not support push-cert, the sending end
+MUST NOT send a push-cert command. When a push-cert command is
+sent, command-list MUST NOT be sent; the commands recorded in the
+push certificate is used instead.
-A pack-file MUST be sent if either create or update command is used,
+The packfile MUST NOT be sent if the only command used is 'delete'.
+
+A packfile MUST be sent if either create or update command is used,
even if the server already has all the necessary objects. In this
-case the client MUST send an empty pack-file. The only time this
+case the client MUST send an empty packfile. The only time this
is likely to happen is if the client is creating
a new branch or a tag that points to an existing obj-id.
@@ -501,6 +516,34 @@ was being processed (the obj-id is still the same as the old-id), and
it will run any update hooks to make sure that the update is acceptable.
If all of that is fine, the server will then update the references.
+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.
+
+Currently, the following header fields are defined:
+
+`pusher` ident::
+ Identify the GPG key in "Human Readable Name <email@address>"
+ format.
+
+`pushee` url::
+ The repository URL (anonymized, if the URL contains
+ authentication material) the user who ran `git push`
+ intended to push into.
+
+`nonce` nonce::
+ The 'nonce' string the receiving repository asked the
+ pushing user to include in the certificate, to prevent
+ replay attacks.
+
+The GPG signature lines are a detached signature for the contents
+recorded in the push certificate before the signature block begins.
+The detached signature is used to certify that the commands were
+given by the pusher, who must be the signer.
+
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