From: Martin Ågren Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2020 16:05:59 +0000 (+0200) Subject: http-protocol.txt: document SHA-256 "want"/"have" format X-Git-Tag: v2.29.0-rc0~143^2~3 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5b6422a6160dc04faa6742434a4d162b4899cfe3;p=thirdparty%2Fgit.git http-protocol.txt: document SHA-256 "want"/"have" format Document that rather than always naming objects using SHA-1, we should use whatever has been negotiated using the object-format capability. Signed-off-by: Martin Ågren Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt b/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt index 51a79e63de..96d89ea9b2 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt @@ -401,8 +401,9 @@ at all in the request stream: The stream is terminated by a pkt-line flush (`0000`). A single "want" or "have" command MUST have one hex formatted -SHA-1 as its value. Multiple SHA-1s MUST be sent by sending -multiple commands. +object name as its value. Multiple object names MUST be sent by sending +multiple commands. Object names MUST be given using the object format +negotiated through the `object-format` capability (default SHA-1). The `have` list is created by popping the first 32 commits from `c_pending`. Less can be supplied if `c_pending` empties.