diff --git a/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt b/Documentation/technical/protocol-capabilities.txt
index 1892d3eeac484c32441136372fbd7c0cf4fdf7ef..b15517fa06bd782fb757e6b0836f9bceea8b7c05 100644 (file)
If the client wants x,y and starts out by saying have F,S, the server
doesn't know what F,S is. Eventually the client says "have d" and
the server sends "ACK d continue" to let the client know to stop
-walking down that line (so don't send c-b-a), but its not done yet,
+walking down that line (so don't send c-b-a), but it's not done yet,
it needs a base for x. The client keeps going with S-R-Q, until a
gets reached, at which point the server has a clear base and it all
ends.
ofs-delta
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-Server can send, and client understand PACKv2 with delta refering to
+Server can send, and client understand PACKv2 with delta referring to
its base by position in pack rather than by an obj-id. That is, they can
send/read OBJ_OFS_DELTA (aka type 6) in a packfile.
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If the server sends back the 'delete-refs' capability, it means that
-it is capable of accepting an zero-id value as the target
+it is capable of accepting a zero-id value as the target
value of a reference update. It is not sent back by the client, it
simply informs the client that it can be sent zero-id values
to delete references.