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-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt4
-rwxr-xr-xt/t5801-remote-helpers.sh15
-rw-r--r--transport-helper.c2
3 files changed, 3 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt b/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt
index f506031ae4..0c91aba861 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ ref.
This capability can be advertised multiple times. The first
applicable refspec takes precedence. The left-hand of refspecs
advertised with this capability must cover all refs reported by
-the list command. If a helper does not need a specific 'refspec'
-capability then it should advertise `refspec *:*`.
+the list command. If no 'refspec' capability is advertised,
+there is an implied `refspec *:*`.
'bidi-import'::
This modifies the 'import' capability.
diff --git a/t/t5801-remote-helpers.sh b/t/t5801-remote-helpers.sh
index ff5fb852f4..0b376e0229 100755
--- a/t/t5801-remote-helpers.sh
+++ b/t/t5801-remote-helpers.sh
@@ -120,21 +120,6 @@ test_expect_failure 'pushing without refspecs' '
compare_refs local2 HEAD server HEAD
'
-test_expect_success 'pulling with straight refspec' '
- (cd local2 &&
- GIT_REMOTE_TESTGIT_REFSPEC="*:*" git pull) &&
- compare_refs local2 HEAD server HEAD
-'
-
-test_expect_failure 'pushing with straight refspec' '
- test_when_finished "(cd local2 && git reset --hard origin)" &&
- (cd local2 &&
- echo content >>file &&
- git commit -a -m eleven &&
- GIT_REMOTE_TESTGIT_REFSPEC="*:*" git push) &&
- compare_refs local2 HEAD server HEAD
-'
-
test_expect_success 'pulling without marks' '
(cd local2 &&
GIT_REMOTE_TESTGIT_NO_MARKS=1 git pull) &&
diff --git a/transport-helper.c b/transport-helper.c
index 56207eae2f..018513baa0 100644
--- a/transport-helper.c
+++ b/transport-helper.c
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ static int fetch_with_import(struct transport *transport,
* were fetching.
*
* (If no "refspec" capability was specified, for historical
- * reasons we default to *:*.)
+ * reasons we default to the equivalent of *:*.)
*
* Store the result in to_fetch[i].old_sha1. Callers such
* as "git fetch" can use the value to write feedback to the