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Documentation: order protocol v2 sections

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The current C Git implementation expects Git servers to follow a
specific order of sections when transmitting protocol v2 responses, but
this is not explicit in the documentation. Make the order explicit.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Jonathan Tan 2020-06-10 13:57:19 -07:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt
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@ -325,11 +325,11 @@ included in the client's request:
The response of `fetch` is broken into a number of sections separated by
delimiter packets (0001), with each section beginning with its section
header.
header. Most sections are sent only when the packfile is sent.
output = *section
section = (acknowledgments | shallow-info | wanted-refs | packfile)
(flush-pkt | delim-pkt)
output = acknowledgements flush-pkt |
[acknowledgments delim-pkt] [shallow-info delim-pkt]
[wanted-refs delim-pkt] packfile flush-pkt
acknowledgments = PKT-LINE("acknowledgments" LF)
(nak | *ack)
@ -351,9 +351,10 @@ header.
*PKT-LINE(%x01-03 *%x00-ff)
acknowledgments section
* If the client determines that it is finished with negotiations
by sending a "done" line, the acknowledgments sections MUST be
omitted from the server's response.
* If the client determines that it is finished with negotiations by
sending a "done" line (thus requiring the server to send a packfile),
the acknowledgments sections MUST be omitted from the server's
response.
* Always begins with the section header "acknowledgments"
@ -404,9 +405,6 @@ header.
which the client has not indicated was shallow as a part of
its request.
* This section is only included if a packfile section is also
included in the response.
wanted-refs section
* This section is only included if the client has requested a
ref using a 'want-ref' line and if a packfile section is also