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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-08-01 15:00:14 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2011-08-01 15:00:14 -0700 |
| commit | 59d9ba869e900bf4da9822f417e4d40a710d8063 (patch) | |
| tree | 07f1a07ddcff4c61e52cb959e6e7c0eec7abeb53 /Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt | |
| parent | 1df561fb4861708ce208488aa307516c0ecfa968 (diff) | |
| parent | 105fe3e457fba1dc005aa649410ec3962624232a (diff) | |
| download | git-59d9ba869e900bf4da9822f417e4d40a710d8063.tar.gz git-59d9ba869e900bf4da9822f417e4d40a710d8063.tar.xz | |
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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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt')
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt index 930b4034a..4f83dea5a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt @@ -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 |