Merge branch 'ea/blame-use-oideq'

[thirdparty/git.git] / Documentation / technical / partial-clone.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt b/Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt
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--- a/Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt
@@ -171,20 +171,13 @@ additional flag.
 Fetching Missing Objects
 ------------------------
 
 Fetching Missing Objects
 ------------------------
 

-- Fetching of objects is done using the existing transport mechanism using
-  transport_fetch_refs(), setting a new transport option
-  TRANS_OPT_NO_DEPENDENTS to indicate that only the objects themselves are
-  desired, not any object that they refer to.
-+
-Because some transports invoke fetch_pack() in the same process, fetch_pack()
-has been updated to not use any object flags when the corresponding argument
-(no_dependents) is set.
+- Fetching of objects is done by invoking a "git fetch" subprocess.

 
 - The local repository sends a request with the hashes of all requested
 
 - The local repository sends a request with the hashes of all requested

-  objects as "want" lines, and does not perform any packfile negotiation.
+  objects, and does not perform any packfile negotiation.

   It then receives a packfile.
 
   It then receives a packfile.
 

-- Because we are reusing the existing fetch-pack mechanism, fetching
+- Because we are reusing the existing fetch mechanism, fetching

   currently fetches all objects referred to by the requested objects, even
   though they are not necessary.
 
   currently fetches all objects referred to by the requested objects, even
   though they are not necessary.