# [PATCH v3] clarify documentation for remote helpers 1 messages from 2019-08-30 to 2019-08-30. Participants: David Turner. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/51781 ## David Turner, 2019-08-30 20:12 Subject: [PATCH v3] clarify documentation for remote helpers Message-ID: <20190830201218.21651-1-dturner@twosigma.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20190830201218.21651-1-dturner%40twosigma.com ``` Signed-off-by: David Turner --- Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt b/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt index 43f80c8068..a5c3c04371 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt @@ -297,9 +297,13 @@ 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 ' 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 ' 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`. This is +a mechanism to name a tuple by giving only the keep +component. The kept pack will not be deleted by a concurrent repack, +even though its objects may not be referenced until the fetch completes. +The `.keep` file will be deleted at the conclusion of the fetch. + If option 'check-connectivity' is requested, the helper must output 'connectivity-ok' if the clone is self-contained and connected. -- 2.20.1 ```