Fix some typos.
---
Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt | 57 +++++++++++++++------------------
1 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt
b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt
index 1304813..2382fb4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ Commands are given by the caller on the helper's
standard input, one per line.
'capabilities'::
Lists the capabilities of the helper, one per line, ending
- with a blank line. Each capability may be preceded with '*'.
- This marks them mandatory for git version using the remote
+ with a blank line. Each capability may be preceded with '*',
+ which marks them mandatory for git version using the remote
helper to understand (unknown mandatory capability is fatal
error).
@@ -55,27 +55,27 @@ Commands are given by the caller on the helper's
standard input, one per line.
[<attr> ...]". The value may be a hex sha1 hash, "@<dest>" for
a symref, or "?" to indicate that the helper could not get the
value of the ref. A space-separated list of attributes follows
- the name; unrecognized attributes are ignored. After the
- complete list, outputs a blank line.
+ the name; unrecognized attributes are ignored. The list ends
+ with a blank line.
+
If 'push' is supported this may be called as 'list for-push'
to obtain the current refs prior to sending one or more 'push'
commands to the helper.
'option' <name> <value>::
- Set the transport helper option <name> to <value>. Outputs a
+ Sets the transport helper option <name> to <value>. Outputs a
single line containing one of 'ok' (option successfully set),
'unsupported' (option not recognized) or 'error <msg>'
- (option <name> is supported but <value> is not correct
+ (option <name> is supported but <value> is not valid
for it). Options should be set before other commands,
- and may how those commands behave.
+ and may influence the behavior of those commands.
+
Supported if the helper has the "option" capability.
'fetch' <sha1> <name>::
Fetches the given object, writing the necessary objects
to the database. Fetch commands are sent in a batch, one
- per line, and the batch is terminated with a blank line.
+ per line, terminated with a blank line.
Outputs a single blank line when all fetch commands in the
same batch are complete. Only objects which were reported
in the ref list with a sha1 may be fetched this way.
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ suitably updated.
Supported if the helper has the "fetch" capability.
'push' +<src>:<dst>::
- Pushes the given <src> commit or branch locally to the
+ Pushes the given local <src> commit or branch to the
remote branch described by <dst>. A batch sequence of
one or more push commands is terminated with a blank line.
+
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ Supported if the helper has the "push" capability.
by applying the refspecs from the "refspec" capability to the
name of the ref.
+
+Especially useful for interoperability with a foreign versioning
+system.
++
Supported if the helper has the "import" capability.
'connect' <service>::
@@ -128,9 +131,9 @@ Supported if the helper has the "import" capability.
Supported if the helper has the "connect" capability.
If a fatal error occurs, the program writes the error message to
-stderr and exits. The caller should expect that a suitable error
-message has been printed if the child closes the connection without
-completing a valid response for the current command.
+stderr and exits. The caller should expect a suitable error
+if the child closes the connection without
+giving a valid response for the current command.
Additional commands may be supported, as may be determined from
capabilities reported by the helper.
@@ -139,16 +142,11 @@ CAPABILITIES
------------
'fetch'::
- This helper supports the 'fetch' command.
-
'option'::
- This helper supports the option command.
-
'push'::
- This helper supports the 'push' command.
-
'import'::
- This helper supports the 'import' command.
+'connect'::
+ This helper supports the corresponding command with the same name.
'refspec' 'spec'::
When using the import command, expect the source ref to have
@@ -160,9 +158,6 @@ CAPABILITIES
all, it must cover all refs reported by the list command; if
it is not used, it is effectively "*:*"
-'connect'::
- This helper supports the 'connect' command.
-
REF LIST ATTRIBUTES
-------------------
@@ -178,19 +173,19 @@ REF LIST ATTRIBUTES
OPTIONS
-------
'option verbosity' <N>::
- Change the level of messages displayed by the helper.
- When N is 0 the end-user has asked the process to be
- quiet, and the helper should produce only error output.
- N of 1 is the default level of verbosity, higher values
+ Changes the verbosity of messages displayed by the helper.
+ A value of 0 for N means that processes operate
+ quietly, and the helper produces only error output.
+ 1 is the default level of verbosity, and higher values
of N correspond to the number of -v flags passed on the
command line.
'option progress' \{'true'|'false'\}::
- Enable (or disable) progress messages displayed by the
+ Enables (or disables) progress messages displayed by the
transport helper during a command.
'option depth' <depth>::
- Deepen the history of a shallow repository.
+ Deepens the history of a shallow repository.
'option followtags' \{'true'|'false'\}::
If enabled the helper should automatically fetch annotated
@@ -206,9 +201,9 @@ OPTIONS
helpers this only applies to the 'push', if supported.
'option servpath <c-style-quoted-path>'::
- Set service path (--upload-pack, --receive-pack etc.) for
- next connect. Remote helper MAY support this option. Remote
- helper MUST NOT rely on this option being set before
+ Sets service path (--upload-pack, --receive-pack etc.) for
+ next connect. Remote helper may support this option, but
+ must not rely on this option being set before
connect request occurs.
Documentation
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