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diff --git a/Documentation/gitformat-bundle.txt b/Documentation/gitformat-bundle.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1b75cf7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/gitformat-bundle.txt @@ -0,0 +1,111 @@ +gitformat-bundle(5) +=================== + +NAME +---- +gitformat-bundle - The bundle file format + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +*.bundle +*.bdl + +DESCRIPTION +----------- + +The Git bundle format is a format that represents both refs and Git +objects. A bundle is a header in a format similar to +linkgit:git-show-ref[1] followed by a pack in *.pack format. + +The format is created and read by the linkgit:git-bundle[1] command, +and supported by e.g. linkgit:git-fetch[1] and linkgit:git-clone[1]. + + +FORMAT +------ + +We will use ABNF notation to define the Git bundle format. See +linkgit:gitprotocol-common[5] for the details. + +A v2 bundle looks like this: + +---- +bundle = signature *prerequisite *reference LF pack +signature = "# v2 git bundle" LF + +prerequisite = "-" obj-id SP comment LF +comment = *CHAR +reference = obj-id SP refname LF + +pack = ... ; packfile +---- + +A v3 bundle looks like this: + +---- +bundle = signature *capability *prerequisite *reference LF pack +signature = "# v3 git bundle" LF + +capability = "@" key ["=" value] LF +prerequisite = "-" obj-id SP comment LF +comment = *CHAR +reference = obj-id SP refname LF +key = 1*(ALPHA / DIGIT / "-") +value = *(%01-09 / %0b-FF) + +pack = ... ; packfile +---- + + +SEMANTICS +--------- + +A Git bundle consists of several parts. + +* "Capabilities", which are only in the v3 format, indicate functionality that + the bundle requires to be read properly. + +* "Prerequisites" list the objects that are NOT included in the bundle and the + reader of the bundle MUST already have, in order to use the data in the + bundle. The objects stored in the bundle may refer to prerequisite objects and + anything reachable from them (e.g. a tree object in the bundle can reference + a blob that is reachable from a prerequisite) and/or expressed as a delta + against prerequisite objects. + +* "References" record the tips of the history graph, iow, what the reader of the + bundle CAN "git fetch" from it. + +* "Pack" is the pack data stream "git fetch" would send, if you fetch from a + repository that has the references recorded in the "References" above into a + repository that has references pointing at the objects listed in + "Prerequisites" above. + +In the bundle format, there can be a comment following a prerequisite obj-id. +This is a comment and it has no specific meaning. The writer of the bundle MAY +put any string here. The reader of the bundle MUST ignore the comment. + +Note on shallow clones and Git bundles +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Note that the prerequisites do not represent a shallow-clone boundary. The +semantics of the prerequisites and the shallow-clone boundaries are different, +and the Git bundle v2 format cannot represent a shallow clone repository. + +CAPABILITIES +------------ + +Because there is no opportunity for negotiation, unknown capabilities cause 'git +bundle' to abort. + +* `object-format` specifies the hash algorithm in use, and can take the same + values as the `extensions.objectFormat` configuration value. + +* `filter` specifies an object filter as in the `--filter` option in + linkgit:git-rev-list[1]. The resulting pack-file must be marked as a + `.promisor` pack-file after it is unbundled. + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |