From: brian m. carlson Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 22:35:45 GMT Subject: [PATCH v2 2/2] Update documentation for http.continue option Message-ID: <1381530945-90590-3-git-send-email-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> In-Reply-To: <1381530945-90590-1-git-send-email-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> Explain the reason for and behavior of the new http.continue option, and that it is disabled by default. Furthermore, explain that it is required for large GSS-Negotiate requests but incompatible with some proxies. Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson --- Documentation/config.txt | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index fca7749..461c9dc 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -1516,6 +1516,15 @@ http.postBuffer:: massive pack file locally. Default is 1 MiB, which is sufficient for most requests. +http.continue:: + Ensure that authentication succeeds before sending the pack data when + POSTing data using the smart HTTP transport. This is done by + requesting a 100 Continue response. For requests larger than + 'http.postBuffer', this is required when using GSS-Negotiate + (Kerberos) authentication over HTTP. However, some proxies do not + handle the protocol exchange gracefully; for them, this option must be + disabled. Defaults to disabled. + http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime:: If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit' for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted. -- 1.8.4.rc3