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@@ -324,15 +324,19 @@ allow-tip-sha1-in-want
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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>
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