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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/technical')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt | 19 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt | 4 |
5 files changed, 25 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt index a6b7d83a8e..1a797812fb 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-argv-array.txt @@ -53,11 +53,3 @@ Functions `argv_array_clear`:: Free all memory associated with the array and return it to the initial, empty state. - -`argv_array_detach`:: - Detach the argv array from the `struct argv_array`, transferring - ownership of the allocated array and strings. - -`argv_array_free_detached`:: - Free the memory allocated by a `struct argv_array` that was later - detached and is now no longer needed. diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt index 5d7d7f2d32..69510ae57a 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-run-command.txt @@ -109,6 +109,13 @@ terminated), of which .argv[0] is the program name to run (usually without a path). If the command to run is a git command, set argv[0] to the command name without the 'git-' prefix and set .git_cmd = 1. +Note that the ownership of the memory pointed to by .argv stays with the +caller, but it should survive until `finish_command` completes. If the +.argv member is NULL, `start_command` will point it at the .args +`argv_array` (so you may use one or the other, but you must use exactly +one). The memory in .args will be cleaned up automatically during +`finish_command` (or during `start_command` when it is unsuccessful). + The members .in, .out, .err are used to redirect stdin, stdout, stderr as follows: diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt index 4396be9dda..f9c06a7573 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt @@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ use the mem* functions than a str* one (memchr vs. strchr e.g.). Though, one has to be careful about the fact that str* functions often stop on NULs and that strbufs may have embedded NULs. -An strbuf is NUL terminated for convenience, but no function in the +A strbuf is NUL terminated for convenience, but no function in the strbuf API actually relies on the string being free of NULs. -strbufs has some invariants that are very important to keep in mind: +strbufs have some invariants that are very important to keep in mind: . The `buf` member is never NULL, so it can be used in any usual C string operations safely. strbuf's _have_ to be initialized either by @@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ Data structures * `struct strbuf` This is the string buffer structure. The `len` member can be used to -determine the current length of the string, and `buf` member provides access to -the string itself. +determine the current length of the string, and `buf` member provides +access to the string itself. Functions --------- @@ -134,6 +134,15 @@ Functions Strip whitespace from the beginning of a string. +`strbuf_reencode`:: + + Replace the contents of the strbuf with a reencoded form. Returns -1 + on error, 0 on success. + +`strbuf_tolower`:: + + Lowercase each character in the buffer using `tolower`. + `strbuf_cmp`:: Compare two buffers. Returns an integer less than, equal to, or greater @@ -193,7 +202,7 @@ strbuf_addstr(sb, "immediate string"); `strbuf_addbuf`:: - Copy the contents of an other buffer at the end of the current one. + Copy the contents of another buffer at the end of the current one. `strbuf_adddup`:: diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt index 20be348834..f1add51efe 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt @@ -200,3 +200,5 @@ Represents the list itself. You should not tamper with it. . Setting the `strdup_strings` member to 1 will strdup() the strings before adding them, see above. +. The `compare_strings_fn` member is used to specify a custom compare + function, otherwise `strcmp()` is used as the default function. diff --git a/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt b/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt index 20525d98bb..229f845dfa 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Because Git repositories are accessed by standard path components server administrators MAY use directory based permissions within their HTTP server to control repository access. -Clients SHOULD support Basic authentication as described by RFC 2616. +Clients SHOULD support Basic authentication as described by RFC 2617. Servers SHOULD support Basic authentication by relying upon the HTTP server placed in front of the Git server software. @@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ C: Send one `$GIT_URL/git-upload-pack` request: C: 0000 The stream is organized into "commands", with each command -appearing by itself in a pkt-line. Within a command line +appearing by itself in a pkt-line. Within a command line, the text leading up to the first space is the command name, and the remainder of the line to the first LF is the value. Command lines are terminated with an LF as the last byte of |