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* mm/remote-helpers-doc:
  Documentation/remote-helpers: document common use-case for private ref
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@ -185,6 +185,12 @@ applicable refspec takes precedence. The left-hand of refspecs
advertised with this capability must cover all refs reported by advertised with this capability must cover all refs reported by
the list command. If no 'refspec' capability is advertised, the list command. If no 'refspec' capability is advertised,
there is an implied `refspec *:*`. there is an implied `refspec *:*`.
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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':: 'bidi-import'::
This modifies the 'import' capability. This modifies the 'import' capability.