Merge branch 'rt/help-unknown'

diff --git a/Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt b/Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt
index d2a6b268cd32189ffd91038a1a09493e863f176d..ecedb34bba54ecf8105336d5a98ca349ff35c63c 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/protocol-common.txt
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ More specifically, they:
 
 . They cannot have ASCII control characters (i.e. bytes whose
   values are lower than \040, or \177 `DEL`), space, tilde `~`,
-  caret `{caret}`, colon `:`, question-mark `?`, asterisk `*`,
+  caret `^`, colon `:`, question-mark `?`, asterisk `*`,
   or open bracket `[` anywhere.
 
-. They cannot end with a slash `/` nor a dot `.`.
+. They cannot end with a slash `/` or a dot `.`.
 
 . They cannot end with the sequence `.lock`.
 
@@ -62,7 +62,10 @@ A pkt-line MAY contain binary data, so implementors MUST ensure
 pkt-line parsing/formatting routines are 8-bit clean.
 
 A non-binary line SHOULD BE terminated by an LF, which if present
-MUST be included in the total length.
+MUST be included in the total length. Receivers MUST treat pkt-lines
+with non-binary data the same whether or not they contain the trailing
+LF (stripping the LF if present, and not complaining when it is
+missing).
 
 The maximum length of a pkt-line's data component is 65516 bytes.
 Implementations MUST NOT send pkt-line whose length exceeds 65520