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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-08-01 15:00:14 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2011-08-01 15:00:14 -0700
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Merge branch 'sr/transport-helper-fix'
* sr/transport-helper-fix: (21 commits) transport-helper: die early on encountering deleted refs transport-helper: implement marks location as capability transport-helper: Use capname for refspec capability too transport-helper: change import semantics transport-helper: update ref status after push with export transport-helper: use the new done feature where possible transport-helper: check status code of finish_command transport-helper: factor out push_update_refs_status fast-export: support done feature fast-import: introduce 'done' command git-remote-testgit: fix error handling git-remote-testgit: only push for non-local repositories remote-curl: accept empty line as terminator remote-helpers: export GIT_DIR variable to helpers git_remote_helpers: push all refs during a non-local export transport-helper: don't feed bogus refs to export push git-remote-testgit: import non-HEAD refs t5800: document some non-functional parts of remote helpers t5800: use skip_all instead of prereq t5800: factor out some ref tests ...
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@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ arguments. The first argument specifies a remote repository as in git;
it is either the name of a configured remote or a URL. The second
argument specifies a URL; it is usually of the form
'<transport>://<address>', but any arbitrary string is possible.
+The 'GIT_DIR' environment variable is set up for the remote helper
+and can be used to determine where to store additional data or from
+which directory to invoke auxiliary git commands.
When git encounters a URL of the form '<transport>://<address>', where
'<transport>' is a protocol that it cannot handle natively, it