Explain the reason for and behavior of the new http.continue option, and that it is enabled by default. Furthermore, explain that it is required for large GSS-Negotiate requests but incompatible with some proxies. Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/config.txt | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index fca7749..5fff2b2 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -1516,6 +1516,15 @@ http.postBuffer:: massive pack file locally. Default is 1 MiB, which is sufficient for most requests. +http.continue:: + Ensure that authentication succeeds before sending the pack data when + POSTing data using the smart HTTP transport. This is done by + requesting a 100 Continue response. For requests larger than + 'http.postBuffer', this is required when using GSS-Negotiate + (Kerberos) authentication over HTTP. However, some proxies do not + handle the protocol exchange gracefully; for them, this option must be + disabled. Defaults to enabled. + http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime:: If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit' for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted. -- 1.8.4.rc3 -- 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