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diff --git a/Documentation/gitprotocol-v2.adoc b/Documentation/gitprotocol-v2.adoc index d93dd279ea..f985cb4c47 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitprotocol-v2.adoc +++ b/Documentation/gitprotocol-v2.adoc @@ -812,10 +812,15 @@ MUST appear first in each pr-fields, in that order. After these mandatory fields, the server MAY advertise the following optional fields in any order: -`partialCloneFilter`:: The filter specification used by the remote. +`partialCloneFilter`:: The filter specification for the remote. It +corresponds to the "remote.<name>.partialCloneFilter" config setting. Clients can use this to determine if the remote's filtering strategy -is compatible with their needs (e.g., checking if both use "blob:none"). -It corresponds to the "remote.<name>.partialCloneFilter" config setting. +is compatible with their needs (e.g., checking if both use +"blob:none"). Additionally they can use this through the +`--filter=auto` option in linkgit:git-clone[1]. With that option, the +filter specification of the clone will be automatically computed by +combining the filter specifications of the promisor remotes the client +accepts. `token`:: An authentication token that clients can use when connecting to the remote. It corresponds to the "remote.<name>.token" @@ -828,8 +833,9 @@ future protocol extensions. The client can use information transmitted through these fields to decide if it accepts the advertised promisor remote. Also, the client -can be configured to store the values of these fields (see -"promisor.storeFields" in linkgit:git-config[1]). +can be configured to store the values of these fields or use them +to automatically configure the repository (see "promisor.storeFields" +in linkgit:git-config[1] and `--filter=auto` in linkgit:git-clone[1]). Field values MUST be urlencoded. |