git/list[1] front-page[2] threads[3] people[4] search[5] about
 

[PATCH v2] clarify documentation for remote helpers

From
David Turner <dturner@twosigma.com>
Date
Aug 30, 2019, 13:48 UTC
Message-ID
<20190830134805.9588-1-dturner@twosigma.com>
Signed-off-by: David Turner <dturner@twosigma.com>
---
 Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt b/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt
index 43f80c8068..f4a165387f 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt
@@ -297,9 +297,9 @@ Supported if the helper has the "option" capability.
 	same batch are complete. Only objects which were reported
 	in the output of 'list' with a sha1 may be fetched this way.
 +
-Optionally may output a 'lock <file>' line indicating a file under
-GIT_DIR/objects/pack which is keeping a pack until refs can be
-suitably updated.
+Optionally may output a 'lock <file>' line indicating the full path of
+a file under $GIT_DIR/objects/pack which is keeping a pack until refs
+can be suitably updated.  The path must end with ".keep".
 +
 If option 'check-connectivity' is requested, the helper must output
 'connectivity-ok' if the clone is self-contained and connected.
-- 
2.20.1
Next: Martin Ågren
Message 1 of 3 in “clarify documentation for remote helpers”
  1. clarify documentation for remote helpersDavid Turner, Aug 30, 2019
  2. Martin ÅgrenAug 30, 2019
  3. David TurnerAug 30, 2019

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

$ cat FOOTERMessages come from the public archive at lore.kernel.org/git, fetched every hour. The front page is chosen and written each morning by an AI editor and can be wrong; the threads themselves are the record. About and API. For agents: an MCP server at https://gitlist.dev/mcp, and any thread, story or person page as Markdown by adding .md to its URL (or sending Accept: text/markdown). Details in /llms.txt.