docs: clarify the interaction of transfer.hideRefs and namespaces

Expand the section about namespaces in the documentation of
`transfer.hideRefs` to point out the subtle differences between
`upload-pack` and `receive-pack`.

ffcfb68176 (upload-pack.c: treat want-ref relative to namespace,
2021-07-30) taught `upload-pack` to reject `want-ref`s for hidden refs,
which is now mentioned. It is clarified that at no point the name of a
hidden ref is revealed, but the object id it points to may.

Signed-off-by: Kim Altintop <kim@eagain.st>
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/config/transfer.txt b/Documentation/config/transfer.txt
index 505126a7802319de3d31cf4426e2e75407b7baec..b49429eb4db8e07c7d8753f7843936a7fc059955 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config/transfer.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/transfer.txt
@@ -52,13 +52,17 @@ If you have multiple hideRefs values, later entries override earlier ones
 (and entries in more-specific config files override less-specific ones).
 +
 If a namespace is in use, the namespace prefix is stripped from each
-reference before it is matched against `transfer.hiderefs` patterns.
+reference before it is matched against `transfer.hiderefs` patterns. In
+order to match refs before stripping, add a `^` in front of the ref name. If
+you combine `!` and `^`, `!` must be specified first.
++
 For example, if `refs/heads/master` is specified in `transfer.hideRefs` and
 the current namespace is `foo`, then `refs/namespaces/foo/refs/heads/master`
-is omitted from the advertisements but `refs/heads/master` and
-`refs/namespaces/bar/refs/heads/master` are still advertised as so-called
-"have" lines. In order to match refs before stripping, add a `^` in front of
-the ref name. If you combine `!` and `^`, `!` must be specified first.
+is omitted from the advertisements. If `uploadpack.allowRefInWant` is set,
+`upload-pack` will treat `want-ref refs/heads/master` in a protocol v2
+`fetch` command as if `refs/namespaces/foo/refs/heads/master` did not exist.
+`receive-pack`, on the other hand, will still advertise the object id the
+ref is pointing to without mentioning its name (a so-called ".have" line).
 +
 Even if you hide refs, a client may still be able to steal the target
 objects via the techniques described in the "SECURITY" section of the