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Re: [PATCH] Update packfile transfer protocol documentation

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Oct 30, 2009, 22:07 UTC
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Scott Chacon <schacon@gmail.com> writes:
> The technical documentation for the packfile protocol is both sparse and
> incorrect.  This documents the fetch-pack/upload-pack and send-pack/
> receive-pack protocols much more fully.

Thanks for starting this. There were a few little things I noticed (e.g. SHA when it should say SHA-1 or "object name") but we can fix them up in-tree.

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