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[PATCH 9/9] Add a bit of developer documentation to pull.h

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Jun 25, 2005, 09:26 UTC
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Describe what to implement in fetch() and fetch_ref() for pull backend writers a bit better.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
---
 pull.h |   21 +++++++++++++++------
 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
190061e326b73dcf76d301d8b17ce96c783d7251
diff --git a/pull.h b/pull.h
--- a/pull.h
+++ b/pull.h
@@ -1,24 +1,33 @@
 #ifndef PULL_H
 #define PULL_H
 
-/** To be provided by the particular implementation. **/
+/*
+ * Fetch object given SHA1 from the remote, and store it locally under
+ * GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY.  Return 0 on success, -1 on failure.  To be
+ * provided by the particular implementation.
+ */
 extern int fetch(unsigned char *sha1);
 
+/*
+ * Fetch ref (relative to $GIT_DIR/refs) from the remote, and store
+ * the 20-byte SHA1 in sha1.  Return 0 on success, -1 on failure.  To
+ * be provided by the particular implementation.
+ */
 extern int fetch_ref(char *ref, unsigned char *sha1);
 
-/** If set, the ref filename to write the target value to. **/
+/* If set, the ref filename to write the target value to. */
 extern const char *write_ref;
 
-/** If set, the hash that the current value of write_ref must be. **/
+/* If set, the hash that the current value of write_ref must be. */
 extern const unsigned char *current_ref;
 
-/** Set to fetch the target tree. */
+/* Set to fetch the target tree. */
 extern int get_tree;
 
-/** Set to fetch the commit history. */
+/* Set to fetch the commit history. */
 extern int get_history;
 
-/** Set to fetch the trees in the commit history. **/
+/* Set to fetch the trees in the commit history. */
 extern int get_all;
 
 /* Set to zero to skip the check for delta object base;
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Message 15 of 19 in “D/F conflicts fixes.”
  1. 0/2 D/F conflicts fixes.Junio C Hamano, Jun 23, 2005
  2. 1/2 Add more tests for read-tree --emu23.Junio C Hamano, Jun 23, 2005
  3. 2/2 Fix oversimplified optimization for add_cache_entry().Junio C Hamano, Jun 24, 2005
  4. Linus TorvaldsJun 25, 2005
  5. Junio C HamanoJun 25, 2005
  6. 0/9 Fix oversimplified optimization for add_cache_entry().Junio C Hamano, Jun 25, 2005
  7. 1/9 fix date parsing for GIT raw commit timestamp format.Junio C Hamano, Jun 25, 2005
  8. 2/9 git-commit-script: get commit message from an existing one.Junio C Hamano, Jun 25, 2005
  9. 3/9 git-cherry: find commits not merged upstream.Junio C Hamano, Jun 25, 2005
  10. 4/9 git-rebase-script: rebase local commits to new upstream head.Junio C Hamano, Jun 25, 2005
  11. 5/9 Add more tests for read-tree --emu23.Junio C Hamano, Jun 25, 2005
  12. 6/9 git-merge-one-file-script: do not misinterpret rm failure.Junio C Hamano, Jun 25, 2005
  13. 7/9 Fix oversimplified optimization for add_cache_entry().Junio C Hamano, Jun 25, 2005
  14. 8/9 http-pull: documentation updates.Junio C Hamano, Jun 25, 2005
  15. 9/9 Add a bit of developer documentation to pull.hJunio C Hamano, Jun 25, 2005
  16. [RFD] consider "git" wrapper semi-PorcelainJunio C Hamano, Jun 26, 2005
  17. Linus TorvaldsJun 26, 2005
  18. Junio C HamanoJun 26, 2005
  19. Martijn KuipersJun 26, 2005

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