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author | Jonathan Lebon <jlebon@redhat.com> | 2016-08-10 15:11:14 -0400 |
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committer | Atomic Bot <atomic-devel@projectatomic.io> | 2016-08-11 20:58:07 +0000 |
commit | fa59f5adfb85c91923b8f3f24dce884dafe8f2a4 (patch) | |
tree | 4f525212169c582137fcab2cf48c0a5dc4c0cbcd /docs | |
parent | 0728304a8a4669f4b4501236d5daa89543f141ab (diff) | |
download | ostree-fa59f5adfb85c91923b8f3f24dce884dafe8f2a4.tar.gz |
manual/repo.md: reword bits about the summary file
Closes: #459
Approved by: cgwalters
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
-rw-r--r-- | docs/manual/repo.md | 14 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manual/repo.md b/docs/manual/repo.md index bce7e0c9..c23a4453 100644 --- a/docs/manual/repo.md +++ b/docs/manual/repo.md @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ that. A later addition to OSTree is the concept of a "summary" file, created via the `ostree summary -u` command. This was introduced for a few -reasons. A primary use case is to be a target a +reasons. A primary use case is to be compatible with [Metalink](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalink), which requires a single file with a known checksum as a target. @@ -126,12 +126,12 @@ The summary file primarily contains two mappings: This currently means that it grows linearly with both items. On the other hand, using the summary file, a client can enumerate branches. -Further, the summary file is fetched over e.g. pinned TLS, this -creates a strong end-to-end verification of the commit or static delta. +Further, fetching the summary file over e.g. pinned TLS creates a strong +end-to-end verification of the commit or static delta. -The summary file can also be GPG signed (detached), and currently this -is the only way provide GPG signatures (transitively) on deltas. +The summary file can also be GPG signed (detached). This is currently +the only way to provide GPG signatures (transitively) on deltas. If a repository administrator creates a summary file, they must -thereafter run `ostree summary -u` to update it whenever a commit is -made or a static delta is generated. +thereafter run `ostree summary -u` to update it whenever a ref is +updated or a static delta is generated. |