When multi_ack_detailed is enabled the ACK continue messages returned
by the remote upload-pack are broken out to describe the different
states within the peer. This permits the client to better understand
the server's in-memory state.
The fetch-pack/upload-pack protocol now looks like:
NAK
---------------------------------
Always sent in response to "done" if there was no common base
selected from the "have" lines (or no have lines were sent).
* no multi_ack or multi_ack_detailed:
Sent when the client has sent a pkt-line flush ("0000") and
the server has not yet found a common base object.
* either multi_ack or multi_ack_detailed:
Always sent in response to a pkt-line flush.
ACK %s
-----------------------------------
* no multi_ack or multi_ack_detailed:
Sent in response to "have" when the object exists on the remote
side and is therefore an object in common between the peers.
The argument is the SHA-1 of the common object.
* either multi_ack or multi_ack_detailed:
Sent in response to "done" if there are common objects.
The argument is the last SHA-1 determined to be common.
ACK %s continue
-----------------------------------
* multi_ack only:
Sent in response to "have".
The remote side wants the client to consider this object as
common, and immediately stop transmitting additional "have"
lines for objects that are reachable from it. The reason
the client should stop is not given, but is one of the two
cases below available under multi_ack_detailed.
ACK %s common
-----------------------------------
* multi_ack_detailed only:
Sent in response to "have". Both sides have this object.
Like with "ACK %s continue" above the client should stop
sending have lines reachable for objects from the argument.
ACK %s ready
-----------------------------------
* multi_ack_detailed only:
Sent in response to "have".
The client should stop transmitting objects which are reachable
from the argument, and send "done" soon to get the objects.
If the remote side has the specified object, it should
first send an "ACK %s common" message prior to sending
"ACK %s ready".
Clients may still submit additional "have" lines if there are
more side branches for the client to explore that might be added
to the common set and reduce the number of objects to transfer.
Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License. It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of hackers around the net. It is currently maintained by Junio C Hamano.
Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see Documentation/everyday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and Documentation/git-commandname.txt for documentation of each command. If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be read with "man gittutorial" or "git help tutorial", and the documentation of each command with "man git-commandname" or "git help commandname".
CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt ("man gitcvs-migration" or "git help cvs-migration" if git is installed).
Many Git online resources are accessible from http://git-scm.com/ including full documentation and Git related tools.
The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org. To subscribe to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are available at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git and other archival sites.
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