| commit | 7171d8c15f919c760d52f814a0aee1b1253385b1 | |
| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | |
| Tue, 17 Sep 2013 23:17:33 +0000 (17 16:17 -0700) | ||
| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | |
| Wed, 18 Sep 2013 04:50:26 +0000 (17 21:50 -0700) | ||
| tree | 55e34319af1d9155119cbf6de0ccf2852f08ffb0 | treesnapshot (tar.gz zip) |
| parent | a4d695de0dbaf41505cb6db44c6bb8290980398e | commitdiff |
upload-pack: send symbolic ref information as capability
One long-standing flaw in the pack transfer protocol was that there
was no way to tell the other end which branch "HEAD" points at.
With a capability "symref=HEAD:refs/heads/master", let the sender to
tell the receiver what symbolic ref points at what ref.
This capability can be repeated more than once to represent symbolic
refs other than HEAD, such as "refs/remotes/origin/HEAD").
Add an infrastructure to collect symbolic refs, format them as extra
capabilities and put it on the wire. For now, just send information
on the "HEAD" and nothing else.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
One long-standing flaw in the pack transfer protocol was that there
was no way to tell the other end which branch "HEAD" points at.
With a capability "symref=HEAD:refs/heads/master", let the sender to
tell the receiver what symbolic ref points at what ref.
This capability can be repeated more than once to represent symbolic
refs other than HEAD, such as "refs/remotes/origin/HEAD").
Add an infrastructure to collect symbolic refs, format them as extra
capabilities and put it on the wire. For now, just send information
on the "HEAD" and nothing else.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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