tree cb4e089898020b2b65f045529284f3756f303842
parent 989b8c4452f63f415c276df348defce6df613696
author Brandon Williams <bmwill@google.com> 1530138623 -0700
committer Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> 1530203610 -0700

fetch-pack: implement ref-in-want

Implement ref-in-want on the client side so that when a server supports
the "ref-in-want" feature, a client will send "want-ref" lines for each
reference the client wants to fetch.  This feature allows clients to
tolerate inconsistencies that exist when a remote repository's refs
change during the course of negotiation.

This allows a client to request to request a particular ref without
specifying the OID of the ref.  This means that instead of hitting an
error when a ref no longer points at the OID it did at the beginning of
negotiation, negotiation can continue and the value of that ref will be
sent at the termination of negotiation, just before a packfile is sent.

More information on the ref-in-want feature can be found in
Documentation/technical/protocol-v2.txt.

Signed-off-by: Brandon Williams <bmwill@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>