Merge branch 'sr/vcs-helper'

[git.git] / transport.h

diff --git a/transport.h b/transport.h
index e4e6177e2632b4a764703c11ef0a8033eafea037..9e74406fa203a59920cb24884d7893b45d876a70 100644 (file)
--- a/transport.h
+++ b/transport.h
@@ -18,11 +18,48 @@ struct transport {
        int (*set_option)(struct transport *connection, const char *name,
                          const char *value);
 
+       /**
+        * Returns a list of the remote side's refs. In order to allow
+        * the transport to try to share connections, for_push is a
+        * hint as to whether the ultimate operation is a push or a fetch.
+        *
+        * If the transport is able to determine the remote hash for
+        * the ref without a huge amount of effort, it should store it
+        * in the ref's old_sha1 field; otherwise it should be all 0.
+        **/
        struct ref *(*get_refs_list)(struct transport *transport, int for_push);
-       int (*fetch)(struct transport *transport, int refs_nr, const struct ref **refs);
+
+       /**
+        * Fetch the objects for the given refs. Note that this gets
+        * an array, and should ignore the list structure.
+        *
+        * If the transport did not get hashes for refs in
+        * get_refs_list(), it should set the old_sha1 fields in the
+        * provided refs now.
+        **/
+       int (*fetch)(struct transport *transport, int refs_nr, struct ref **refs);
+
+       /**
+        * Push the objects and refs. Send the necessary objects, and
+        * then, for any refs where peer_ref is set and
+        * peer_ref->new_sha1 is different from old_sha1, tell the
+        * remote side to update each ref in the list from old_sha1 to
+        * peer_ref->new_sha1.
+        *
+        * Where possible, set the status for each ref appropriately.
+        *
+        * The transport must modify new_sha1 in the ref to the new
+        * value if the remote accepted the change. Note that this
+        * could be a different value from peer_ref->new_sha1 if the
+        * process involved generating new commits.
+        **/
        int (*push_refs)(struct transport *transport, struct ref *refs, int flags);
        int (*push)(struct transport *connection, int refspec_nr, const char **refspec, int flags);
 
+       /** get_refs_list(), fetch(), and push_refs() can keep
+        * resources (such as a connection) reserved for futher
+        * use. disconnect() releases these resources.
+        **/
        int (*disconnect)(struct transport *connection);
        char *pack_lockfile;
        signed verbose : 3;
@@ -74,7 +111,7 @@ int transport_push(struct transport *connection,
 
 const struct ref *transport_get_remote_refs(struct transport *transport);
 
-int transport_fetch_refs(struct transport *transport, const struct ref *refs);
+int transport_fetch_refs(struct transport *transport, struct ref *refs);
 void transport_unlock_pack(struct transport *transport);
 int transport_disconnect(struct transport *transport);
 char *transport_anonymize_url(const char *url);