On 05/11/2024 06:45, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
On Fri, Oct 04, 2024 at 08:21:32PM +0000, Shubham Kanodia via GitGitGadget wrote:
diff --git a/Documentation/config/remote.txt b/Documentation/config/remote.txt
index 8efc53e836d..186f439ed7b 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/remote.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ remote.<name>.fetch::
The default set of "refspec" for linkgit:git-fetch[1]. See
linkgit:git-fetch[1].
+remote.<name>.prefetchref::
+ Specify the refs to be prefetched when fetching from this
+ remote. The value is a space-separated list of ref patterns
+ (e.g., "refs/heads/main !refs/heads/develop*"). This can be
+ used to optimize fetch operations by specifying exactly which
+ refs should be prefetched.
I'm a bit surprised that we use a space-separated list here instead of
accepting a multi-valued config like we do for "remote.<name>.fetch".
Shouldn't we use the format here to make things more consistent?
I agree that would be a good idea. I also think that it would be helpful
to expand the documentation to explain exactly how the patterns are
matched. I think "remote.<name>.prefetch" would better match the
existing "remote.<name>.fetch" and "remote.<push>.name" config key names.
Best Wishes
Phillip
