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diff --git a/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt b/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt index 2b267c0da6..124d716807 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt @@ -176,6 +176,21 @@ agent strings are purely informative for statistics and debugging purposes, and MUST NOT be used to programmatically assume the presence or absence of particular features. +object-format +------------- + +This capability, which takes a hash algorithm as an argument, indicates +that the server supports the given hash algorithms. It may be sent +multiple times; if so, the first one given is the one used in the ref +advertisement. + +When provided by the client, this indicates that it intends to use the +given hash algorithm to communicate. The algorithm provided must be one +that the server supports. + +If this capability is not provided, it is assumed that the only +supported algorithm is SHA-1. + symref ------ @@ -309,15 +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> ----------------- |