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diff --git a/Documentation/config/promisor.adoc b/Documentation/config/promisor.adoc index 9cbfe3e59e..9192acfd24 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/promisor.adoc +++ b/Documentation/config/promisor.adoc @@ -12,9 +12,19 @@ promisor.advertise:: promisor.acceptFromServer:: If set to "all", a client will accept all the promisor remotes a server might advertise using the "promisor-remote" - capability. Default is "none", which means no promisor remote - advertised by a server will be accepted. By accepting a - promisor remote, the client agrees that the server might omit - objects that are lazily fetchable from this promisor remote - from its responses to "fetch" and "clone" requests from the - client. See linkgit:gitprotocol-v2[5]. + capability. If set to "knownName" the client will accept + promisor remotes which are already configured on the client + and have the same name as those advertised by the client. This + is not very secure, but could be used in a corporate setup + where servers and clients are trusted to not switch name and + URLs. If set to "knownUrl", the client will accept promisor + remotes which have both the same name and the same URL + configured on the client as the name and URL advertised by the + server. This is more secure than "all" or "knownName", so it + should be used if possible instead of those options. Default + is "none", which means no promisor remote advertised by a + server will be accepted. By accepting a promisor remote, the + client agrees that the server might omit objects that are + lazily fetchable from this promisor remote from its responses + to "fetch" and "clone" requests from the client. See + linkgit:gitprotocol-v2[5]. |