On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 12:13 PM, John Keeping <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > --- a/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt > +++ b/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt > @@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ ref. > This capability can be advertised multiple times. The first > applicable refspec takes precedence. The left-hand of refspecs > advertised with this capability must cover all refs reported by > -the list command. If no 'refspec' capability is advertised, > -there is an implied `refspec *:*`. > +the list command. If a helper does not need a specific 'refspec' > +capability then it should advertise `refspec *:*`. But if it advertises a straight 'refspec *:*', nothing would work. If anything, it should be 'refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/$alias/*', but then tags would fail. Why not just tell the remote helpers to do the right thing and avoid this comment altogether? -- Felipe Contreras -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html