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| author | Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> | 2013-08-26 11:21:39 +0200 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2013-08-26 09:31:04 -0700 |
| commit | 3f36eb43059aef4ec0f40fd8cc7081c0a1a92c31 (patch) | |
| tree | 766150a2bc96fe64d3b7f1b5f27794677a698faf /Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt | |
| parent | e230c568c4b9a991e3175e5f65171a566fd8e39c (diff) | |
| download | git-3f36eb43059aef4ec0f40fd8cc7081c0a1a92c31.tar.gz | |
Documentation/remote-helpers: document common use-case for private refmm/remote-helpers-doc
The current documentation mentions the private ref namespace, but does
not really explain why it can be useful.
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt b/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt index 0827f69139..9ae36da7aa 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt @@ -176,6 +176,12 @@ applicable refspec takes precedence. The left-hand of refspecs advertised with this capability must cover all refs reported by the list command. If no 'refspec' capability is advertised, there is an implied `refspec *:*`. ++ +When writing remote-helpers for decentralized version control +systems, it is advised to keep a local copy of the repository to +interact with, and to let the private namespace refs point to this +local repository, while the refs/remotes namespace is used to track +the remote repository. 'bidi-import':: This modifies the 'import' capability. |