index 6d8c58ed205cb051cf2a1f8f495d37405cabd398..e20fb7e74c22390e810a392f2625a3ba6b325477 100644 (file)
by default.
objects/info/alternates::
- This file records absolute filesystem paths of alternate
- object stores that this object store borrows objects
- from, one pathname per line.
+ This file records paths to alternate object stores that
+ this object store borrows objects from, one pathname per
+ line. Note that not only native Git tools use it locally,
+ but the HTTP fetcher also tries to use it remotely; this
+ will usually work if you have relative paths (relative
+ to the object database, not to the repository!) in your
+ alternates file, but it will not work if you use absolute
+ paths unless the absolute path in filesystem and web URL
+ is the same. See also 'objects/info/http-alternates'.
+
+objects/info/http-alternates::
+ This file records URLs to alternate object stores that
+ this object store borrows objects from, to be used when
+ the repository is fetched over HTTP.
refs::
References are stored in subdirectories of this