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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2013-09-12 14:41:50 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2013-09-12 14:41:50 -0700 |
| commit | 7b828a0514a316b17c89e7f6b591fef539836c88 (patch) | |
| tree | 517ea148770f32b5e1d1c8aac76ded834d77ac2b /Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt | |
| parent | 8ee9a1830017b6f4b9dfc7c7be7e6fa1618633ea (diff) | |
| parent | 3f36eb43059aef4ec0f40fd8cc7081c0a1a92c31 (diff) | |
| download | git-7b828a0514a316b17c89e7f6b591fef539836c88.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'mm/remote-helpers-doc'
* mm/remote-helpers-doc:
Documentation/remote-helpers: document common use-case for private ref
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diff --git a/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt b/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt index be7e224a03..f1f4ca9727 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt @@ -185,6 +185,12 @@ 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. |