Add an 'Invocation' section to specify what the command line arguments
mean. Also include a link to git-remote in the 'See Also' section.
Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
maint
Ramkumar Ramachandra15 years agocommitted byJunio C Hamano
@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-remote-helpers - Helper programs to interact with remote repositories
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-remote-helpers - Helper programs to interact with remote repositories
SYNOPSIS
--------
'git remote-<transport>' <remote>
'git remote-<transport>' <repository> [<URL>]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@ -39,6 +39,35 @@ transport protocols, such as 'git-remote-http', 'git-remote-https',
@@ -39,6 +39,35 @@ transport protocols, such as 'git-remote-http', 'git-remote-https',
'git-remote-ftp' and 'git-remote-ftps'. They implement the capabilities
'fetch', 'option', and 'push'.
INVOCATION
----------
Remote helper programs are invoked with one or (optionally) two
arguments. The first argument specifies a remote repository as in git;
it is either the name of a configured remote or a URL. The second
argument specifies a URL of the form '<transport>://<address>' or
'<transport>::<address>', where '<address>' may be an arbitrary
string.
When git encounters a URL of the form '<transport>://<address>', where
'<transport>' is a protocol that it cannot handle natively, it
automatically invokes 'git remote-<transport>' with the full URL as
the second argument. If such a URL is encountered directly on the
command line, the first argument is the same as the second, and if it
is encountered in a configured remote, the first argument is the name
of that remote.
A URL of the form '<transport>::<address>' explicitly instructs git to
invoke 'git remote-<transport>' with '<address>' as the second
argument. If such a URL is encountered directly on the command line,
the first argument is '<address>', and if it is encountered in a
configured remote, the first argument is the name of that remote.
Additionally, when a configured remote has 'remote.<name>.vcs' set to
'<transport>', git explicitly invokes 'git remote-<transport>' with
'<name>' as the first argument. If set, the second argument is
'remote.<name>.url'; otherwise, the second argument is omitted.