From d78e5aecf931967bbaa4a8601cd40a5359e80e24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 05:13:38 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] pack-protocol: document "ERR" line MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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 --- Documentation/technical/pack-protocol.txt | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) 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 ------------- -- 2.26.2