On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 6:04 PM Thomas Braun via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Since commit 0c499ea60f (send-pack: demultiplex a sideband stream with > status data, 2010-02-05) the built-in send-pack uses the side-band-64k > capability if advertised by the server. > > Unfortunately this breaks pushing over the dump git protocol if used s/dump/dumb/ > over a network connection when using MinGW (but *not* when using > mingw-w64). > [...] > The new config option "sendpack.sideband" allows to override the > side-band-64k capability of the server, and thus makes the dump git > protocol work. > [...] > Signed-off-by: Thomas Braun <thomas.braun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> > --- > diff --git a/Documentation/config/sendpack.txt b/Documentation/config/sendpack.txt > @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ > +sendpack.sideband:: > + Allows to disable the side-band-64k capability for send-pack even > + when it is advertised by the server. Makes it possible to work > + around a limitation in the git for windows implementation together > + with the dump git protocol. Defaults to true. s/dump/dumb/ For someone who hasn't read the commit message of this patch, "work around a limitation in ... git for windows" doesn't mean much. Perhaps this documentation could explain in more precise terms under what circumstances this option should be used?
