http-fetch: allow custom index-pack args
This is the next step in teaching fetch-pack to pass its index-pack
arguments when processing packfiles referenced by URIs.
The "--keep" in fetch-pack.c will be replaced with a full message in a
subsequent commit.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt
index 4deb489..9fa17b6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt
@@ -41,11 +41,17 @@
<commit-id>['\t'<filename-as-in--w>]
--packfile=<hash>::
- Instead of a commit id on the command line (which is not expected in
+ For internal use only. Instead of a commit id on the command
+ line (which is not expected in
this case), 'git http-fetch' fetches the packfile directly at the given
URL and uses index-pack to generate corresponding .idx and .keep files.
The hash is used to determine the name of the temporary file and is
- arbitrary. The output of index-pack is printed to stdout.
+ arbitrary. The output of index-pack is printed to stdout. Requires
+ --index-pack-args.
+
+--index-pack-args=<args>::
+ For internal use only. The command to run on the contents of the
+ downloaded pack. Arguments are URL-encoded separated by spaces.
--recover::
Verify that everything reachable from target is fetched. Used after
