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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/gitprotocol-v2.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/gitprotocol-v2.txt b/Documentation/gitprotocol-v2.txt index 1652fef3ae..9f6350bbf2 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitprotocol-v2.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitprotocol-v2.txt @@ -184,9 +184,13 @@ form `agent=X`) to notify the client that the server is running version the `agent` capability with a value `Y` (in the form `agent=Y`) in its request to the server (but it MUST NOT do so if the server did not advertise the agent capability). The `X` and `Y` strings may contain any -printable ASCII characters except space (i.e., the byte range 32 < x < -127), and are typically of the form "package/version" (e.g., -"git/1.8.3.1"). The agent strings are purely informative for statistics +printable ASCII characters except space (i.e., the byte range 33 <= x <= +126), and are typically of the form "package/version-os" (e.g., +"git/1.8.3.1-Linux") where `os` is the operating system name (e.g., +"Linux"). `X` and `Y` can be configured using the GIT_USER_AGENT +environment variable and it takes priority. The `os` is +retrieved using the 'sysname' field of the `uname(2)` system call +or its equivalent. The agent strings are purely informative for statistics and debugging purposes, and MUST NOT be used to programmatically assume the presence or absence of particular features. |