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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt b/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt index c59ac9936a..5b0ba3ef20 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt @@ -351,14 +351,19 @@ ACK after 'done' if there is at least one common base and multi_ack or multi_ack_detailed is enabled. The server always sends NAK after 'done' if there is no common base found. +Instead of 'ACK' or 'NAK', the server may send an error message (for +example, if it does not recognize an object in a 'want' line received +from the client). + Then the server will start sending its packfile data. ---- - server-response = *ack_multi ack / nak + server-response = *ack_multi ack / nak / error-line ack_multi = PKT-LINE("ACK" SP obj-id ack_status) ack_status = "continue" / "common" / "ready" ack = PKT-LINE("ACK" SP obj-id) nak = PKT-LINE("NAK") + error-line = PKT-LINE("ERR" SP explanation-text) ---- A simple clone may look like this (with no 'have' lines): |