From: brian m. carlson Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 00:54:09 GMT Subject: [PATCH 29/44] Documentation/technical: document object-format for protocol v2 Message-ID: <20200513005424.81369-30-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> In-Reply-To: <20200513005424.81369-1-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> Document the object-format extension for protocol v2. Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson --- Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt b/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt index 7e3766cafb..107e421fb7 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt @@ -453,3 +453,12 @@ included in a request. This is done by sending each option as a a request. The provided options must not contain a NUL or LF character. + + object-format +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The server can advertise the `object-format` capability with a value `X` (in the +form `object-format=X`) to notify the client that the server is able to deal +with objects using hash algorithm X. If not specified, the server is assumed to +only handle SHA-1. If the client would like to use a hash algorithm other than +SHA-1, it should specify its object-format string.