From: Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 18:13:38 +0000 (+1100) Subject: pack-protocol: document "ERR" line X-Git-Tag: v1.7.8-rc0~94^2 X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d78e5aecf931967bbaa4a8601cd40a5359e80e24;p=git.git pack-protocol: document "ERR" line Since a807328 (connect.c: add a way for git-daemon to pass an error back to client), git client recognizes "ERR" line and prints a friendly message to user if an error happens at server side. Document this. Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt b/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt index a7004c63e..546980c0a 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt @@ -60,6 +60,13 @@ process on the server side over the Git protocol is this: "0039git-upload-pack /schacon/gitbook.git\0host=example.com\0" | nc -v example.com 9418 +If the server refuses the request for some reasons, it could abort +gracefully with an error message. + +---- + error-line = PKT-LINE("ERR" SP explanation-text) +---- + SSH Transport -------------