info/refs request as described in `http-protocol.txt` and requests that
v2 be used by supplying "version=2" in the `Git-Protocol` header.
- C: Git-Protocol: version=2
- C:
C: GET $GIT_URL/info/refs?service=git-upload-pack HTTP/1.0
+ C: Git-Protocol: version=2
A v2 server would reply:
Cannot be used with "deepen", but can be used with
"deepen-since".
+If the 'filter' feature is advertised, the following argument can be
+included in the client's request:
+
+ filter <filter-spec>
+ Request that various objects from the packfile be omitted
+ using one of several filtering techniques. These are intended
+ for use with partial clone and partial fetch operations. See
+ `rev-list` for possible "filter-spec" values.
+
+If the 'ref-in-want' feature is advertised, the following argument can
+be included in the client's request as well as the potential addition of
+the 'wanted-refs' section in the server's response as explained below.
+
+ want-ref <ref>
+ Indicates to the server that the client wants to retrieve a
+ particular ref, where <ref> is the full name of a ref on the
+ server.
+
The response of `fetch` is broken into a number of sections separated by
delimiter packets (0001), with each section beginning with its section
header.
output = *section
- section = (acknowledgments | shallow-info | packfile)
+ section = (acknowledgments | shallow-info | wanted-refs | packfile)
(flush-pkt | delim-pkt)
acknowledgments = PKT-LINE("acknowledgments" LF)
shallow = "shallow" SP obj-id
unshallow = "unshallow" SP obj-id
+ wanted-refs = PKT-LINE("wanted-refs" LF)
+ *PKT-LINE(wanted-ref LF)
+ wanted-ref = obj-id SP refname
+
packfile = PKT-LINE("packfile" LF)
*PKT-LINE(%x01-03 *%x00-ff)
* This section is only included if a packfile section is also
included in the response.
+ wanted-refs section
+ * This section is only included if the client has requested a
+ ref using a 'want-ref' line and if a packfile section is also
+ included in the response.
+
+ * Always begins with the section header "wanted-refs".
+
+ * The server will send a ref listing ("<oid> <refname>") for
+ each reference requested using 'want-ref' lines.
+
+ * The server MUST NOT send any refs which were not requested
+ using 'want-ref' lines.
+
packfile section
* This section is only included if the client has sent 'want'
lines in its request and either requested that no more
1 - pack data
2 - progress messages
3 - fatal error message just before stream aborts
+
+ server-option
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+If advertised, indicates that any number of server specific options can be
+included in a request. This is done by sending each option as a
+"server-option=<option>" capability line in the capability-list section of
+a request.
+
+The provided options must not contain a NUL or LF character.