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* an/shallow-doc: Document the underlying protocol used by shallow repositories and --depth commands. Fix documentation of fetch-pack that implies that the client can disconnect after sending wants.
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@ -179,34 +179,36 @@ and descriptions.
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Packfile Negotiation
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--------------------
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After reference and capabilities discovery, the client can decide
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to terminate the connection by sending a flush-pkt, telling the
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server it can now gracefully terminate (as happens with the ls-remote
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command) or it can enter the negotiation phase, where the client and
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server determine what the minimal packfile necessary for transport is.
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After reference and capabilities discovery, the client can decide to
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terminate the connection by sending a flush-pkt, telling the server it can
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now gracefully terminate, and disconnect, when it does not need any pack
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data. This can happen with the ls-remote command, and also can happen when
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the client already is up-to-date.
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Once the client has the initial list of references that the server
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has, as well as the list of capabilities, it will begin telling the
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server what objects it wants and what objects it has, so the server
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can make a packfile that only contains the objects that the client needs.
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The client will also send a list of the capabilities it wants to be in
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effect, out of what the server said it could do with the first 'want' line.
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Otherwise, it enters the negotiation phase, where the client and
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server determine what the minimal packfile necessary for transport is,
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by telling the server what objects it wants, its shallow objects
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(if any), and the maximum commit depth it wants (if any). The client
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will also send a list of the capabilities it wants to be in effect,
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out of what the server said it could do with the first 'want' line.
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----
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upload-request = want-list
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have-list
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compute-end
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*shallow-line
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*1depth-request
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flush-pkt
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want-list = first-want
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*additional-want
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flush-pkt
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shallow-line = PKT_LINE("shallow" SP obj-id)
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depth-request = PKT_LINE("deepen" SP depth)
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first-want = PKT-LINE("want" SP obj-id SP capability-list LF)
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additional-want = PKT-LINE("want" SP obj-id LF)
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have-list = *have-line
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have-line = PKT-LINE("have" SP obj-id LF)
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compute-end = flush-pkt / PKT-LINE("done")
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depth = 1*DIGIT
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----
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Clients MUST send all the obj-ids it wants from the reference
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@ -215,21 +217,64 @@ discovery phase as 'want' lines. Clients MUST send at least one
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obj-id in a 'want' command which did not appear in the response
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obtained through ref discovery.
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If client is requesting a shallow clone, it will now send a 'deepen'
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line with the depth it is requesting.
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The client MUST write all obj-ids which it only has shallow copies
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of (meaning that it does not have the parents of a commit) as
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'shallow' lines so that the server is aware of the limitations of
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the client's history. Clients MUST NOT mention an obj-id which
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it does not know exists on the server.
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Once all the "want"s (and optional 'deepen') are transferred,
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clients MUST send a flush-pkt. If the client has all the references
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on the server, client flushes and disconnects.
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The client now sends the maximum commit history depth it wants for
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this transaction, which is the number of commits it wants from the
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tip of the history, if any, as a 'deepen' line. A depth of 0 is the
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same as not making a depth request. The client does not want to receive
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any commits beyond this depth, nor objects needed only to complete
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those commits. Commits whose parents are not received as a result are
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defined as shallow and marked as such in the server. This information
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is sent back to the client in the next step.
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TODO: shallow/unshallow response and document the deepen command in the ABNF.
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Once all the 'want's and 'shallow's (and optional 'deepen') are
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transferred, clients MUST send a flush-pkt, to tell the server side
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that it is done sending the list.
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Otherwise, if the client sent a positive depth request, the server
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will determine which commits will and will not be shallow and
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send this information to the client. If the client did not request
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a positive depth, this step is skipped.
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shallow-update = *shallow-line
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*unshallow-line
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flush-pkt
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shallow-line = PKT-LINE("shallow" SP obj-id)
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unshallow-line = PKT-LINE("unshallow" SP obj-id)
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----
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If the client has requested a positive depth, the server will compute
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the set of commits which are no deeper than the desired depth, starting
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at the client's wants. The server writes 'shallow' lines for each
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commit whose parents will not be sent as a result. The server writes
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an 'unshallow' line for each commit which the client has indicated is
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shallow, but is no longer shallow at the currently requested depth
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(that is, its parents will now be sent). The server MUST NOT mark
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as unshallow anything which the client has not indicated was shallow.
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Now the client will send a list of the obj-ids it has using 'have'
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lines. In multi_ack mode, the canonical implementation will send up
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to 32 of these at a time, then will send a flush-pkt. The canonical
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implementation will skip ahead and send the next 32 immediately,
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so that there is always a block of 32 "in-flight on the wire" at a
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time.
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lines, so the server can make a packfile that only contains the objects
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that the client needs. In multi_ack mode, the canonical implementation
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will send up to 32 of these at a time, then will send a flush-pkt. The
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canonical implementation will skip ahead and send the next 32 immediately,
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so that there is always a block of 32 "in-flight on the wire" at a time.
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upload-haves = have-list
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compute-end
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have-list = *have-line
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have-line = PKT-LINE("have" SP obj-id LF)
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compute-end = flush-pkt / PKT-LINE("done")
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----
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If the server reads 'have' lines, it then will respond by ACKing any
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of the obj-ids the client said it had that the server also has. The
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