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@@ -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