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diff --git a/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt b/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt
index 85daeb5d9e..1040d85319 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ In protocol v2 these special packets will have the following semantics:
* '0000' Flush Packet (flush-pkt) - indicates the end of a message
* '0001' Delimiter Packet (delim-pkt) - separates sections of a message
- * '0002' Message Packet (response-end-pkt) - indicates the end of a response
- for stateless connections
+ * '0002' Response End Packet (response-end-pkt) - indicates the end of a
+ response for stateless connections
Initial Client Request
----------------------
@@ -192,11 +192,20 @@ ls-refs takes in the following arguments:
When specified, only references having a prefix matching one of
the provided prefixes are displayed.
+If the 'unborn' feature is advertised the following argument can be
+included in the client's request.
+
+ unborn
+ The server will send information about HEAD even if it is a symref
+ pointing to an unborn branch in the form "unborn HEAD
+ symref-target:<target>".
+
The output of ls-refs is as follows:
output = *ref
flush-pkt
- ref = PKT-LINE(obj-id SP refname *(SP ref-attribute) LF)
+ obj-id-or-unborn = (obj-id | "unborn")
+ ref = PKT-LINE(obj-id-or-unborn SP refname *(SP ref-attribute) LF)
ref-attribute = (symref | peeled)
symref = "symref-target:" symref-target
peeled = "peeled:" obj-id
@@ -337,6 +346,14 @@ explained below.
client should download from all given URIs. Currently, the
protocols supported are "http" and "https".
+If the 'wait-for-done' feature is advertised, the following argument
+can be included in the client's request.
+
+ wait-for-done
+ Indicates to the server that it should never send "ready", but
+ should wait for the client to say "done" before sending the
+ packfile.
+
The response of `fetch` is broken into a number of sections separated by
delimiter packets (0001), with each section beginning with its section
header. Most sections are sent only when the packfile is sent.
@@ -505,3 +522,34 @@ packet-line, and must not contain non-printable or whitespace characters. The
current implementation uses trace2 session IDs (see
link:api-trace2.html[api-trace2] for details), but this may change and users of
the session ID should not rely on this fact.
+
+object-info
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+`object-info` is the command to retrieve information about one or more objects.
+Its main purpose is to allow a client to make decisions based on this
+information without having to fully fetch objects. Object size is the only
+information that is currently supported.
+
+An `object-info` request takes the following arguments:
+
+ size
+ Requests size information to be returned for each listed object id.
+
+ oid <oid>
+ Indicates to the server an object which the client wants to obtain
+ information for.
+
+The response of `object-info` is a list of the requested object ids
+and associated requested information, each separated by a single space.
+
+ output = info flush-pkt
+
+ info = PKT-LINE(attrs) LF)
+ *PKT-LINE(obj-info LF)
+
+ attrs = attr | attrs SP attrs
+
+ attr = "size"
+
+ obj-info = obj-id SP obj-size