> > diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt > > index 4deb4893f5..9fa17b60e4 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt > > +++ b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt > > @@ -41,11 +41,17 @@ commit-id:: > > <commit-id>['\t'<filename-as-in--w>] > > > > --packfile=<hash>:: > > - Instead of a commit id on the command line (which is not expected in > > + For internal use only. Instead of a commit id on the command > > + line (which is not expected in > > this case), 'git http-fetch' fetches the packfile directly at the given > > URL and uses index-pack to generate corresponding .idx and .keep files. > > The hash is used to determine the name of the temporary file and is > > - arbitrary. The output of index-pack is printed to stdout. > > + arbitrary. The output of index-pack is printed to stdout. Requires > > + --index-pack-args. > > + > > +--index-pack-args=<args>:: > > + For internal use only. The command to run on the contents of the > > + downloaded pack. Arguments are URL-encoded separated by spaces. > > > > --recover:: > > Verify that everything reachable from target is fetched. Used after > > diff --git a/fetch-pack.c b/fetch-pack.c > > index 876f90c759..aeac010b0b 100644 > > --- a/fetch-pack.c > > +++ b/fetch-pack.c > > @@ -1645,6 +1645,9 @@ static struct ref *do_fetch_pack_v2(struct fetch_pack_args *args, > > strvec_pushf(&cmd.args, "--packfile=%.*s", > > (int) the_hash_algo->hexsz, > > packfile_uris.items[i].string); > > + strvec_push(&cmd.args, "--index-pack-arg=index-pack"); > > + strvec_push(&cmd.args, "--index-pack-arg=--stdin"); > > + strvec_push(&cmd.args, "--index-pack-arg=--keep"); > > The docs say --*-args, but the code checks --*arg, that seems like a > mistake that should be fixed to make the code/tests use the plural form, > no? Thanks for catching that. Originally it was plural since this single argument would give multiple arguments to index-pack, but now each argument gives only a single argument, so "arg" is correct. I'll update it in the next version.
