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-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-credentials.txt5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/index-format.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt13
4 files changed, 18 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-credentials.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-credentials.txt
index c1b42a40d3..e44426dd04 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-credentials.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-credentials.txt
@@ -248,7 +248,10 @@ FORMAT` in linkgit:git-credential[7] for a detailed specification).
For a `get` operation, the helper should produce a list of attributes
on stdout in the same format. A helper is free to produce a subset, or
even no values at all if it has nothing useful to provide. Any provided
-attributes will overwrite those already known about by Git.
+attributes will overwrite those already known about by Git. If a helper
+outputs a `quit` attribute with a value of `true` or `1`, no further
+helpers will be consulted, nor will the user be prompted (if no
+credential has been provided, the operation will then fail).
For a `store` or `erase` operation, the helper's output is ignored.
If it fails to perform the requested operation, it may complain to
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt
index d51a6579c8..c08402b12e 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ member (you need this if you add things later) and you should set the
`unsorted_string_list_has_string` and get it from the list using
`string_list_lookup` for sorted lists.
-. Can sort an unsorted list using `sort_string_list`.
+. Can sort an unsorted list using `string_list_sort`.
. Can remove duplicate items from a sorted list using
`string_list_remove_duplicates`.
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ write `string_list_insert(...)->util = ...;`.
ownership of a malloc()ed string to a `string_list` that has
`strdup_string` set.
-`sort_string_list`::
+`string_list_sort`::
Sort the list's entries by string value in `strcmp()` order.
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt b/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt
index 1250b5ca8b..35112e4966 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/index-format.txt
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ Git index format
in a separate file. This extension records the changes to be made on
top of that to produce the final index.
- The signature for this extension is { 'l', 'i, 'n', 'k' }.
+ The signature for this extension is { 'l', 'i', 'n', 'k' }.
The extension consists of:
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt b/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt
index 6d5424c1bd..4f8a7bfb4c 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ 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 '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', '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
@@ -244,6 +245,14 @@ respond with the 'quiet' capability to suppress server-side progress
reporting if the local progress reporting is also being suppressed
(e.g., via `push -q`, or if stderr does not go to a tty).
+atomic
+------
+
+If the server sends the 'atomic' capability it is capable of accepting
+atomic pushes. If the pushing client requests this capability, the server
+will update the refs in one atomic transaction. Either all refs are
+updated or none.
+
allow-tip-sha1-in-want
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