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git-remote-helpers.txt: document missing capabilities

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Specifically, document the 'export' and '(im|ex)port-marks'
capabilities as well as the export command, which were
undocumented (but in active use).

Signed-off-by: Max Horn <max@quendi.de>
Acked-by: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Max Horn 2012-11-28 00:03:22 +01:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ to the `capabilities` command (see COMMANDS, below).
For listing remote refs and fetching the associated history to
the local object store.
'export'::
For listing remote refs and pushing specified objects from a
fast-import stream to remote refs.
'import'::
For listing remote refs and fetching the associated history as
a fast-import stream.
@ -143,6 +147,16 @@ there is an implied `refspec *:*`.
This is to prevent mixing commands and fast-import responses on the
helper's stdin.
'export-marks' <file>::
This modifies the 'export' capability, instructing git to dump the
internal marks table to <file> when complete. For details,
read up on '--export-marks=<file>' in linkgit:git-fast-export[1].
'import-marks' <file>::
This modifies the 'export' capability, instructing git to load the
marks specified in <file> before processing any input. For details,
read up on '--import-marks=<file>' in linkgit:git-fast-export[1].
Capabilities for Pushing
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'connect'::
@ -158,9 +172,18 @@ Supported commands: 'connect'.
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Supported commands: 'list for-push', 'push'.
If a helper advertises both 'connect' and 'push', git will use
'connect' if possible and fall back to 'push' if the helper requests
so when connecting (see the 'connect' command under COMMANDS).
'export'::
Can discover remote refs and push specified objects from a
fast-import stream to remote refs.
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Supported commands: 'list for-push', 'export'.
If a helper advertises 'connect', git will use it if possible and
fall back to another capability if the helper requests so when
connecting (see the 'connect' command under COMMANDS).
When choosing between 'push' and 'export', git prefers 'push'.
Other frontends may have some other order of preference.
Capabilities for Fetching
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@ -307,6 +330,22 @@ stdin.
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Supported if the helper has the 'import' capability.
'export'::
Instructs the remote helper that any subsequent input is
part of a fast-import stream (generated by 'git fast-export')
containing objects which should be pushed to the remote.
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Especially useful for interoperability with a foreign versioning
system.
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The 'export-marks' and 'import-marks' capabilities, if specified,
affect this command in so far as they are passed on to 'git
fast-export', which then will load/store a table of marks for
local objects. This can be used to implement for incremental
operations.
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Supported if the helper has the 'export' capability.
'connect' <service>::
Connects to given service. Standard input and standard output
of helper are connected to specified service (git prefix is