Documentation: merge: add a section about fast-forward
[git/gsoc2010-gitweb.git] / transport.h
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1 #ifndef TRANSPORT_H
2 #define TRANSPORT_H
4 #include "cache.h"
5 #include "remote.h"
7 struct transport {
8 struct remote *remote;
9 const char *url;
10 void *data;
11 const struct ref *remote_refs;
13 /**
14 * Returns 0 if successful, positive if the option is not
15 * recognized or is inapplicable, and negative if the option
16 * is applicable but the value is invalid.
17 **/
18 int (*set_option)(struct transport *connection, const char *name,
19 const char *value);
21 /**
22 * Returns a list of the remote side's refs. In order to allow
23 * the transport to try to share connections, for_push is a
24 * hint as to whether the ultimate operation is a push or a fetch.
26 * If the transport is able to determine the remote hash for
27 * the ref without a huge amount of effort, it should store it
28 * in the ref's old_sha1 field; otherwise it should be all 0.
29 **/
30 struct ref *(*get_refs_list)(struct transport *transport, int for_push);
32 /**
33 * Fetch the objects for the given refs. Note that this gets
34 * an array, and should ignore the list structure.
36 * If the transport did not get hashes for refs in
37 * get_refs_list(), it should set the old_sha1 fields in the
38 * provided refs now.
39 **/
40 int (*fetch)(struct transport *transport, int refs_nr, struct ref **refs);
42 /**
43 * Push the objects and refs. Send the necessary objects, and
44 * then, for any refs where peer_ref is set and
45 * peer_ref->new_sha1 is different from old_sha1, tell the
46 * remote side to update each ref in the list from old_sha1 to
47 * peer_ref->new_sha1.
49 * Where possible, set the status for each ref appropriately.
51 * The transport must modify new_sha1 in the ref to the new
52 * value if the remote accepted the change. Note that this
53 * could be a different value from peer_ref->new_sha1 if the
54 * process involved generating new commits.
55 **/
56 int (*push_refs)(struct transport *transport, struct ref *refs, int flags);
57 int (*push)(struct transport *connection, int refspec_nr, const char **refspec, int flags);
59 /** get_refs_list(), fetch(), and push_refs() can keep
60 * resources (such as a connection) reserved for futher
61 * use. disconnect() releases these resources.
62 **/
63 int (*disconnect)(struct transport *connection);
64 char *pack_lockfile;
65 signed verbose : 3;
66 /* Force progress even if the output is not a tty */
67 unsigned progress : 1;
70 #define TRANSPORT_PUSH_ALL 1
71 #define TRANSPORT_PUSH_FORCE 2
72 #define TRANSPORT_PUSH_DRY_RUN 4
73 #define TRANSPORT_PUSH_MIRROR 8
74 #define TRANSPORT_PUSH_VERBOSE 16
75 #define TRANSPORT_PUSH_PORCELAIN 32
76 #define TRANSPORT_PUSH_QUIET 64
78 /* Returns a transport suitable for the url */
79 struct transport *transport_get(struct remote *, const char *);
81 /* Transport options which apply to git:// and scp-style URLs */
83 /* The program to use on the remote side to send a pack */
84 #define TRANS_OPT_UPLOADPACK "uploadpack"
86 /* The program to use on the remote side to receive a pack */
87 #define TRANS_OPT_RECEIVEPACK "receivepack"
89 /* Transfer the data as a thin pack if not null */
90 #define TRANS_OPT_THIN "thin"
92 /* Keep the pack that was transferred if not null */
93 #define TRANS_OPT_KEEP "keep"
95 /* Limit the depth of the fetch if not null */
96 #define TRANS_OPT_DEPTH "depth"
98 /* Aggressively fetch annotated tags if possible */
99 #define TRANS_OPT_FOLLOWTAGS "followtags"
102 * Returns 0 if the option was used, non-zero otherwise. Prints a
103 * message to stderr if the option is not used.
105 int transport_set_option(struct transport *transport, const char *name,
106 const char *value);
108 int transport_push(struct transport *connection,
109 int refspec_nr, const char **refspec, int flags,
110 int * nonfastforward);
112 const struct ref *transport_get_remote_refs(struct transport *transport);
114 int transport_fetch_refs(struct transport *transport, struct ref *refs);
115 void transport_unlock_pack(struct transport *transport);
116 int transport_disconnect(struct transport *transport);
117 char *transport_anonymize_url(const char *url);
119 /* Transport methods defined outside transport.c */
120 int transport_helper_init(struct transport *transport, const char *name);
122 #endif