From 9b011b2fe5379f76c53f20b964d7a3cecb9d8c79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Junio C Hamano Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 20:21:54 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Document two pack push-pull protocols. This documents the two pack push-pull protocols used by the smart upload-fetch/clone and send/receive commands. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- Documentation/pack-protocol.txt | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/pack-protocol.txt (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/pack-protocol.txt b/Documentation/pack-protocol.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7d6aec409d --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/pack-protocol.txt @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +There are two Pack push-pull protocols. + +upload-pack (S) | fetch/clone-pack (C) protocol: + + # Tell the puller what commits we have and what their names are + S: SHA1 name + S: ... + S: SHA1 name + S: # flush -- it's your turn + # Tell the pusher what commits we want, and what we have + C: want name + C: .. + C: want name + C: have SHA1 + C: have SHA1 + C: ... + C: # flush -- occasionally ask "had enough?" + S: NAK + C: have SHA1 + C: ... + C: have SHA1 + S: ACK + C: done + S: XXXXXXX -- packfile contents. + +send-pack | receive-pack protocol. + + # Tell the pusher what commits we have and what their names are + C: SHA1 name + C: ... + C: SHA1 name + C: # flush -- it's your turn + # Tell the puller what the pusher has + S: old-SHA1 new-SHA1 name + S: old-SHA1 new-SHA1 name + S: ... + S: # flush -- done with the list + S: XXXXXXX --- packfile contents. -- cgit v1.2.3