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clarify documentation for remote helpers

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Signed-off-by: David Turner <dturner@twosigma.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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David Turner 2019-08-30 16:12:18 -04:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt
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@ -297,9 +297,13 @@ Supported if the helper has the "option" capability.
same batch are complete. Only objects which were reported
in the output of 'list' with a sha1 may be fetched this way.
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Optionally may output a 'lock <file>' line indicating a file under
GIT_DIR/objects/pack which is keeping a pack until refs can be
suitably updated.
Optionally may output a 'lock <file>' line indicating the full path of
a file under `$GIT_DIR/objects/pack` which is keeping a pack until
refs can be suitably updated. The path must end with `.keep`. This is
a mechanism to name a <pack,idx,keep> tuple by giving only the keep
component. The kept pack will not be deleted by a concurrent repack,
even though its objects may not be referenced until the fetch completes.
The `.keep` file will be deleted at the conclusion of the fetch.
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If option 'check-connectivity' is requested, the helper must output
'connectivity-ok' if the clone is self-contained and connected.