http-protocol.txt: document SHA-256 "want"/"have" format
Document that rather than always naming objects using SHA-1, we should use whatever has been negotiated using the object-format capability. Signed-off-by: Martin Ågren <martin.agren@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Martin Ågren committed
Aug 15, 2020 at 18:05 UTC
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@@ -401,8 +401,9 @@ at all in the request stream:
The stream is terminated by a pkt-line flush (`0000`).
A single "want" or "have" command MUST have one hex formatted
-SHA-1 as its value. Multiple SHA-1s MUST be sent by sending
-multiple commands.
+object name as its value. Multiple object names MUST be sent by sending
+multiple commands. Object names MUST be given using the object format
+negotiated through the `object-format` capability (default SHA-1).
The `have` list is created by popping the first 32 commits
from `c_pending`. Less can be supplied if `c_pending` empties.