Git 1.7.7-rc0

[git.git] / Documentation / git-remote-helpers.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt
index 51de895822d6d79f970012c835d68b2cd8c8e136..4f83dea5a39ca2f8e695a2426e90cf0450533696 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-remote-helpers - Helper programs to interact with remote repositories
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------

+[verse]

 'git remote-<transport>' <repository> [<URL>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 'git remote-<transport>' <repository> [<URL>]
 
 DESCRIPTION


@@ -47,6 +48,9 @@ arguments. The first argument specifies a remote repository as in git;
 it is either the name of a configured remote or a URL. The second
 argument specifies a URL; it is usually of the form
 '<transport>://<address>', but any arbitrary string is possible.
 it is either the name of a configured remote or a URL. The second
 argument specifies a URL; it is usually of the form
 '<transport>://<address>', but any arbitrary string is possible.

+The 'GIT_DIR' environment variable is set up for the remote helper
+and can be used to determine where to store additional data or from
+which directory to invoke auxiliary git commands.

 
 When git encounters a URL of the form '<transport>://<address>', where
 '<transport>' is a protocol that it cannot handle natively, it
 
 When git encounters a URL of the form '<transport>://<address>', where
 '<transport>' is a protocol that it cannot handle natively, it


@@ -181,11 +185,11 @@ CAPABILITIES
        When using the import command, expect the source ref to have
        been written to the destination ref. The earliest applicable
        refspec takes precedence. For example
        When using the import command, expect the source ref to have
        been written to the destination ref. The earliest applicable
        refspec takes precedence. For example

-       "refs/heads/*:refs/svn/origin/branches/*" means that, after an
-       "import refs/heads/name", the script has written to
+       "refs/heads/{asterisk}:refs/svn/origin/branches/{asterisk}" means
+       that, after an "import refs/heads/name", the script has written to

        refs/svn/origin/branches/name. If this capability is used at
        all, it must cover all refs reported by the list command; if
        refs/svn/origin/branches/name. If this capability is used at
        all, it must cover all refs reported by the list command; if

-       it is not used, it is effectively "*:*"
+       it is not used, it is effectively "{asterisk}:{asterisk}"

 
 REF LIST ATTRIBUTES
 -------------------
 
 REF LIST ATTRIBUTES
 -------------------


@@ -239,10 +243,6 @@ SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkgit:git-remote[1]
 
 --------
 linkgit:git-remote[1]
 

-Documentation
--------------
-Documentation by Daniel Barkalow and Ilari Liusvaara
-

 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite