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-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/bundle-format.txt30
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/commit-graph-format.txt11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/hash-function-transition.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/index-format.txt34
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt43
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt41
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt13
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt29
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/shallow.txt2
12 files changed, 155 insertions, 65 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
index 2e2e7c10c6..5a60bbfa7f 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
@@ -232,9 +232,9 @@ There are some macros to easily define options:
will be overwritten, so this should only be used for options where
the last one specified on the command line wins.
-`OPT_PASSTHRU_ARGV(short, long, &argv_array_var, arg_str, description, flags)`::
+`OPT_PASSTHRU_ARGV(short, long, &strvec_var, arg_str, description, flags)`::
Introduce an option where all instances of it on the command-line will
- be reconstructed into an argv_array. This is useful when you need to
+ be reconstructed into a strvec. This is useful when you need to
pass the command-line option, which can be specified multiple times,
to another command.
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/bundle-format.txt b/Documentation/technical/bundle-format.txt
index 0e828151a5..bac558d049 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/bundle-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/bundle-format.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ The Git bundle format is a format that represents both refs and Git objects.
We will use ABNF notation to define the Git bundle format. See
protocol-common.txt for the details.
+A v2 bundle looks like this:
+
----
bundle = signature *prerequisite *reference LF pack
signature = "# v2 git bundle" LF
@@ -18,9 +20,28 @@ reference = obj-id SP refname LF
pack = ... ; packfile
----
+A v3 bundle looks like this:
+
+----
+bundle = signature *capability *prerequisite *reference LF pack
+signature = "# v3 git bundle" LF
+
+capability = "@" key ["=" value] LF
+prerequisite = "-" obj-id SP comment LF
+comment = *CHAR
+reference = obj-id SP refname LF
+key = 1*(ALPHA / DIGIT / "-")
+value = *(%01-09 / %0b-FF)
+
+pack = ... ; packfile
+----
+
== Semantics
-A Git bundle consists of three parts.
+A Git bundle consists of several parts.
+
+* "Capabilities", which are only in the v3 format, indicate functionality that
+ the bundle requires to be read properly.
* "Prerequisites" lists the objects that are NOT included in the bundle and the
reader of the bundle MUST already have, in order to use the data in the
@@ -46,3 +67,10 @@ put any string here. The reader of the bundle MUST ignore the comment.
Note that the prerequisites does not represent a shallow-clone boundary. The
semantics of the prerequisites and the shallow-clone boundaries are different,
and the Git bundle v2 format cannot represent a shallow clone repository.
+
+== Capabilities
+
+Because there is no opportunity for negotiation, unknown capabilities cause 'git
+bundle' to abort. The only known capability is `object-format`, which specifies
+the hash algorithm in use, and can take the same values as the
+`extensions.objectFormat` configuration value.
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/commit-graph-format.txt b/Documentation/technical/commit-graph-format.txt
index 814ef810a3..b3b58880b9 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/commit-graph-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/commit-graph-format.txt
@@ -42,8 +42,13 @@ HEADER:
1-byte version number:
Currently, the only valid version is 1.
- 1-byte Hash Version (1 = SHA-1)
- We infer the hash length (H) from this value.
+ 1-byte Hash Version
+ We infer the hash length (H) from this value:
+ 1 => SHA-1
+ 2 => SHA-256
+ If the hash type does not match the repository's hash algorithm, the
+ commit-graph file should be ignored with a warning presented to the
+ user.
1-byte number (C) of "chunks"
@@ -77,7 +82,7 @@ CHUNK DATA:
Commit Data (ID: {'C', 'D', 'A', 'T' }) (N * (H + 16) bytes)
* The first H bytes are for the OID of the root tree.
* The next 8 bytes are for the positions of the first two parents
- of the ith commit. Stores value 0x7000000 if no parent in that
+ of the ith commit. Stores value 0x70000000 if no parent in that
position. If there are more than two parents, the second value
has its most-significant bit on and the other bits store an array
position into the Extra Edge List chunk.
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt b/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt
index 808fa30b99..f14a7659aa 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt
@@ -210,12 +210,12 @@ file.
+---------------------+
| |
+-----------------------+ +---------------------+
- | graph-{hash2} |->| |
+ | graph-{hash2} |->| |
+-----------------------+ +---------------------+
| | |
+-----------------------+ +---------------------+
| | | |
- | graph-{hash1} |->| |
+ | graph-{hash1} |->| |
| | | |
+-----------------------+ +---------------------+
| tmp_graphXXX
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ file.
| |
| |
| |
- | graph-{hash0} |
+ | graph-{hash0} |
| |
| |
| |
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/hash-function-transition.txt b/Documentation/technical/hash-function-transition.txt
index 5b2db3be1e..6fd20ebbc2 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/hash-function-transition.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/hash-function-transition.txt
@@ -650,7 +650,6 @@ Some initial steps can be implemented independently of one another:
The first user-visible change is the introduction of the objectFormat
extension (without compatObjectFormat). This requires:
-- implementing the loose-object-idx
- teaching fsck about this mode of operation
- using the hash function API (vtable) when computing object names
- signing objects and verifying signatures
@@ -658,6 +657,7 @@ extension (without compatObjectFormat). This requires:
repository
Next comes introduction of compatObjectFormat:
+- implementing the loose-object-idx
- translating object names between object formats
- translating object content between object formats
- generating and verifying signatures in the compat format
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt b/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt
index 51a79e63de..96d89ea9b2 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt
@@ -401,8 +401,9 @@ at all in the request stream:
The stream is terminated by a pkt-line flush (`0000`).
A single "want" or "have" command MUST have one hex formatted
-SHA-1 as its value. Multiple SHA-1s MUST be sent by sending
-multiple commands.
+object name as its value. Multiple object names MUST be sent by sending
+multiple commands. Object names MUST be given using the object format
+negotiated through the `object-format` capability (default SHA-1).
The `have` list is created by popping the first 32 commits
from `c_pending`. Less can be supplied if `c_pending` empties.
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt b/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt
index faa25c5c52..f9a3644711 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ Git index format
== The Git index file has the following format
- All binary numbers are in network byte order. Version 2 is described
- here unless stated otherwise.
+ All binary numbers are in network byte order.
+ In a repository using the traditional SHA-1, checksums and object IDs
+ (object names) mentioned below are all computed using SHA-1. Similarly,
+ in SHA-256 repositories, these values are computed using SHA-256.
+ Version 2 is described here unless stated otherwise.
- A 12-byte header consisting of
@@ -32,8 +35,7 @@ Git index format
Extension data
- - 160-bit SHA-1 over the content of the index file before this
- checksum.
+ - Hash checksum over the content of the index file before this checksum.
== Index entry
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ Git index format
32-bit file size
This is the on-disk size from stat(2), truncated to 32-bit.
- 160-bit SHA-1 for the represented object
+ Object name for the represented object
A 16-bit 'flags' field split into (high to low bits)
@@ -160,8 +162,8 @@ Git index format
- A newline (ASCII 10); and
- - 160-bit object name for the object that would result from writing
- this span of index as a tree.
+ - Object name for the object that would result from writing this span
+ of index as a tree.
An entry can be in an invalidated state and is represented by having
a negative number in the entry_count field. In this case, there is no
@@ -198,7 +200,7 @@ Git index format
stage 1 to 3 (a missing stage is represented by "0" in this field);
and
- - At most three 160-bit object names of the entry in stages from 1 to 3
+ - At most three object names of the entry in stages from 1 to 3
(nothing is written for a missing stage).
=== Split index
@@ -211,8 +213,8 @@ Git index format
The extension consists of:
- - 160-bit SHA-1 of the shared index file. The shared index file path
- is $GIT_DIR/sharedindex.<SHA-1>. If all 160 bits are zero, the
+ - Hash of the shared index file. The shared index file path
+ is $GIT_DIR/sharedindex.<hash>. If all bits are zero, the
index does not require a shared index file.
- An ewah-encoded delete bitmap, each bit represents an entry in the
@@ -253,10 +255,10 @@ Git index format
- 32-bit dir_flags (see struct dir_struct)
- - 160-bit SHA-1 of $GIT_DIR/info/exclude. Null SHA-1 means the file
+ - Hash of $GIT_DIR/info/exclude. A null hash means the file
does not exist.
- - 160-bit SHA-1 of core.excludesfile. Null SHA-1 means the file does
+ - Hash of core.excludesfile. A null hash means the file does
not exist.
- NUL-terminated string of per-dir exclude file name. This usually
@@ -285,13 +287,13 @@ The remaining data of each directory block is grouped by type:
- An ewah bitmap, the n-th bit records "check-only" bit of
read_directory_recursive() for the n-th directory.
- - An ewah bitmap, the n-th bit indicates whether SHA-1 and stat data
+ - An ewah bitmap, the n-th bit indicates whether hash and stat data
is valid for the n-th directory and exists in the next data.
- An array of stat data. The n-th data corresponds with the n-th
"one" bit in the previous ewah bitmap.
- - An array of SHA-1. The n-th SHA-1 corresponds with the n-th "one" bit
+ - An array of hashes. The n-th hash corresponds with the n-th "one" bit
in the previous ewah bitmap.
- One NUL.
@@ -330,12 +332,12 @@ The remaining data of each directory block is grouped by type:
- 32-bit offset to the end of the index entries
- - 160-bit SHA-1 over the extension types and their sizes (but not
+ - Hash over the extension types and their sizes (but not
their contents). E.g. if we have "TREE" extension that is N-bytes
long, "REUC" extension that is M-bytes long, followed by "EOIE",
then the hash would be:
- SHA-1("TREE" + <binary representation of N> +
+ Hash("TREE" + <binary representation of N> +
"REUC" + <binary representation of M>)
== Index Entry Offset Table
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt b/Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt
index d3a142c652..f96b2e605f 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
Git pack format
===============
+== Checksums and object IDs
+
+In a repository using the traditional SHA-1, pack checksums, index checksums,
+and object IDs (object names) mentioned below are all computed using SHA-1.
+Similarly, in SHA-256 repositories, these values are computed using SHA-256.
+
== pack-*.pack files have the following format:
- A header appears at the beginning and consists of the following:
@@ -26,7 +32,7 @@ Git pack format
(deltified representation)
n-byte type and length (3-bit type, (n-1)*7+4-bit length)
- 20-byte base object name if OBJ_REF_DELTA or a negative relative
+ base object name if OBJ_REF_DELTA or a negative relative
offset from the delta object's position in the pack if this
is an OBJ_OFS_DELTA object
compressed delta data
@@ -34,7 +40,7 @@ Git pack format
Observation: length of each object is encoded in a variable
length format and is not constrained to 32-bit or anything.
- - The trailer records 20-byte SHA-1 checksum of all of the above.
+ - The trailer records a pack checksum of all of the above.
=== Object types
@@ -58,8 +64,8 @@ ofs-delta and ref-delta, which is only valid in a pack file.
Both ofs-delta and ref-delta store the "delta" to be applied to
another object (called 'base object') to reconstruct the object. The
-difference between them is, ref-delta directly encodes 20-byte base
-object name. If the base object is in the same pack, ofs-delta encodes
+difference between them is, ref-delta directly encodes base object
+name. If the base object is in the same pack, ofs-delta encodes
the offset of the base object in the pack instead.
The base object could also be deltified if it's in the same pack.
@@ -143,14 +149,14 @@ This is the instruction reserved for future expansion.
object is stored in the packfile as the offset from the
beginning.
- 20-byte object name.
+ one object name of the appropriate size.
- The file is concluded with a trailer:
- A copy of the 20-byte SHA-1 checksum at the end of
- corresponding packfile.
+ A copy of the pack checksum at the end of the corresponding
+ packfile.
- 20-byte SHA-1-checksum of all of the above.
+ Index checksum of all of the above.
Pack Idx file:
@@ -198,7 +204,7 @@ Pack file entry: <+
If it is not DELTA, then deflated bytes (the size above
is the size before compression).
If it is REF_DELTA, then
- 20-byte base object name SHA-1 (the size above is the
+ base object name (the size above is the
size of the delta data that follows).
delta data, deflated.
If it is OFS_DELTA, then
@@ -227,9 +233,9 @@ Pack file entry: <+
- A 256-entry fan-out table just like v1.
- - A table of sorted 20-byte SHA-1 object names. These are
- packed together without offset values to reduce the cache
- footprint of the binary search for a specific object name.
+ - A table of sorted object names. These are packed together
+ without offset values to reduce the cache footprint of the
+ binary search for a specific object name.
- A table of 4-byte CRC32 values of the packed object data.
This is new in v2 so compressed data can be copied directly
@@ -248,10 +254,10 @@ Pack file entry: <+
- The same trailer as a v1 pack file:
- A copy of the 20-byte SHA-1 checksum at the end of
+ A copy of the pack checksum at the end of
corresponding packfile.
- 20-byte SHA-1-checksum of all of the above.
+ Index checksum of all of the above.
== multi-pack-index (MIDX) files have the following format:
@@ -273,7 +279,12 @@ HEADER:
Git only writes or recognizes version 1.
1-byte Object Id Version
- Git only writes or recognizes version 1 (SHA1).
+ We infer the length of object IDs (OIDs) from this value:
+ 1 => SHA-1
+ 2 => SHA-256
+ If the hash type does not match the repository's hash algorithm,
+ the multi-pack-index file should be ignored with a warning
+ presented to the user.
1-byte number of "chunks"
@@ -329,4 +340,4 @@ CHUNK DATA:
TRAILER:
- 20-byte SHA1-checksum of the above contents.
+ Index checksum of the above contents.
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt b/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt
index a4573d12ce..e13a2c064d 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt
@@ -503,8 +503,8 @@ The reference discovery phase is done nearly the same way as it is in the
fetching protocol. Each reference obj-id and name on the server is sent
in packet-line format to the client, followed by a flush-pkt. The only
real difference is that the capability listing is different - the only
-possible values are 'report-status', 'delete-refs', 'ofs-delta' and
-'push-options'.
+possible values are 'report-status', 'report-status-v2', 'delete-refs',
+'ofs-delta', 'atomic' and 'push-options'.
Reference Update Request and Packfile Transfer
----------------------------------------------
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ Report Status
-------------
After receiving the pack data from the sender, the receiver sends a
-report if 'report-status' capability is in effect.
+report if 'report-status' or 'report-status-v2' capability is in effect.
It is a short listing of what happened in that update. It will first
list the status of the packfile unpacking as either 'unpack ok' or
'unpack [error]'. Then it will list the status for each of the references
@@ -647,6 +647,41 @@ update was successful, or 'ng [refname] [error]' if the update was not.
error-msg = 1*(OCTET) ; where not "ok"
----
+The 'report-status-v2' capability extends the protocol by adding new option
+lines in order to support reporting of reference rewritten by the
+'proc-receive' hook. The 'proc-receive' hook may handle a command for a
+pseudo-reference which may create or update one or more references, and each
+reference may have different name, different new-oid, and different old-oid.
+
+----
+ report-status-v2 = unpack-status
+ 1*(command-status-v2)
+ flush-pkt
+
+ unpack-status = PKT-LINE("unpack" SP unpack-result)
+ unpack-result = "ok" / error-msg
+
+ command-status-v2 = command-ok-v2 / command-fail
+ command-ok-v2 = command-ok
+ *option-line
+
+ command-ok = PKT-LINE("ok" SP refname)
+ command-fail = PKT-LINE("ng" SP refname SP error-msg)
+
+ error-msg = 1*(OCTET) ; where not "ok"
+
+ option-line = *1(option-refname)
+ *1(option-old-oid)
+ *1(option-new-oid)
+ *1(option-forced-update)
+
+ option-refname = PKT-LINE("option" SP "refname" SP refname)
+ option-old-oid = PKT-LINE("option" SP "old-oid" SP obj-id)
+ option-new-oid = PKT-LINE("option" SP "new-oid" SP obj-id)
+ option-force = PKT-LINE("option" SP "forced-update")
+
+----
+
Updates can be unsuccessful for a number of reasons. The reference can have
changed since the reference discovery phase was originally sent, meaning
someone pushed in the meantime. The reference being pushed could be a
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt b/Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt
index b9e17e7a28..0780d30cac 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt
@@ -171,20 +171,13 @@ additional flag.
Fetching Missing Objects
------------------------
-- Fetching of objects is done using the existing transport mechanism using
- transport_fetch_refs(), setting a new transport option
- TRANS_OPT_NO_DEPENDENTS to indicate that only the objects themselves are
- desired, not any object that they refer to.
-+
-Because some transports invoke fetch_pack() in the same process, fetch_pack()
-has been updated to not use any object flags when the corresponding argument
-(no_dependents) is set.
+- Fetching of objects is done by invoking a "git fetch" subprocess.
- The local repository sends a request with the hashes of all requested
- objects as "want" lines, and does not perform any packfile negotiation.
+ objects, and does not perform any packfile negotiation.
It then receives a packfile.
-- Because we are reusing the existing fetch-pack mechanism, fetching
+- Because we are reusing the existing fetch mechanism, fetching
currently fetches all objects referred to by the requested objects, even
though they are not necessary.
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt b/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt
index 36ccd14f97..ba869a7d36 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ was sent. Server MUST NOT ignore capabilities that client requested
and server advertised. As a consequence of these rules, server MUST
NOT advertise capabilities it does not understand.
-The 'atomic', 'report-status', 'delete-refs', 'quiet', and 'push-cert'
-capabilities are sent and recognized by the receive-pack (push to server)
-process.
+The 'atomic', 'report-status', 'report-status-v2', 'delete-refs', 'quiet',
+and 'push-cert' capabilities are sent and recognized by the receive-pack
+(push to server) process.
The 'ofs-delta' and 'side-band-64k' capabilities are sent and recognized
by both upload-pack and receive-pack protocols. The 'agent' capability
@@ -284,6 +284,17 @@ each reference was updated successfully. If any of those were not
successful, it will send back an error message. See pack-protocol.txt
for example messages.
+report-status-v2
+----------------
+
+Capability 'report-status-v2' extends capability 'report-status' by
+adding new "option" directives in order to support reference rewritten by
+the "proc-receive" hook. The "proc-receive" hook may handle a command
+for a pseudo-reference which may create or update a reference with
+different name, new-oid, and old-oid. While the capability
+'report-status' cannot report for such case. See pack-protocol.txt
+for details.
+
delete-refs
-----------
@@ -324,15 +335,19 @@ 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>
-----------------
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/shallow.txt b/Documentation/technical/shallow.txt
index 01dedfe9ff..f3738baa0f 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/shallow.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/shallow.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pretend as if they are root commits (e.g. "git log" traversal
stops after showing them; "git fsck" does not complain saying
the commits listed on their "parent" lines do not exist).
-Each line contains exactly one SHA-1. When read, a commit_graft
+Each line contains exactly one object name. When read, a commit_graft
will be constructed, which has nr_parent < 0 to make it easier
to discern from user provided grafts.