[PATCH v3 3/3] packfile-uri.txt: support for excluding commit objects
Signed-off-by: Teng Long <dyroneteng@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/technical/packfile-uri.txt | 20 ++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/packfile-uri.txt b/Documentation/technical/packfile-uri.txt
index f7eabc6c76..2532db0e99 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/packfile-uri.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/packfile-uri.txt
@@ -35,13 +35,16 @@ include some sort of non-trivial implementation in the Minimum Viable Product,
at least so that we can test the client.
This is the implementation: a feature, marked experimental, that allows the
-server to be configured by one or more `uploadpack.blobPackfileUri=<sha1>
-<uri>` entries. Whenever the list of objects to be sent is assembled, all such
-blobs are excluded, replaced with URIs. As noted in "Future work" below, the
-server can evolve in the future to support excluding other objects (or other
-implementations of servers could be made that support excluding other objects)
-without needing a protocol change, so clients should not expect that packfiles
-downloaded in this way only contain single blobs.
+server to be configured by one or more entries with the format:
+
+ uploadpack.excludeobject=<object-hash> <recursively> <pack-hash> <uri>
+
+Value <object-hash> is the key of entry, and the object type can be a blob
+or commit. Whenever the list of objects to be sent is assembled, all such
+objects are excluded, replaced with URIs. At the same time, for the old
+configuration `uploadpack.blobPackfileUri=<sha1> <pack-hash> <uri>` is
+still compatible for now, but this configuration only supports the
+exclusion of blob objects.
Client design
-------------
@@ -65,9 +68,6 @@ The protocol design allows some evolution of the server and client without any
need for protocol changes, so only a small-scoped design is included here to
form the MVP. For example, the following can be done:
- * On the server, more sophisticated means of excluding objects (e.g. by
- specifying a commit to represent that commit and all objects that it
- references).
* On the client, resumption of clone. If a clone is interrupted, information
could be recorded in the repository's config and a "clone-resume" command
can resume the clone in progress. (Resumption of subsequent fetches is more
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Teng Long <dyroneteng@gmail.com>