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diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt b/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt index d422ba4b59..8c6acbe440 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt @@ -255,6 +255,15 @@ The GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL environmental variable may be passed to 'git-http-backend' to bypass the check for the "git-daemon-export-ok" file in each repository before allowing export of that repository. +The `GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUEST_BUFFER` environment variable (or the +`http.maxRequestBuffer` config variable) may be set to change the +largest ref negotiation request that git will handle during a fetch; any +fetch requiring a larger buffer will not succeed. This value should not +normally need to be changed, but may be helpful if you are fetching from +a repository with an extremely large number of refs. The value can be +specified with a unit (e.g., `100M` for 100 megabytes). The default is +10 megabytes. + The backend process sets GIT_COMMITTER_NAME to '$REMOTE_USER' and GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL to '$\{REMOTE_USER}@http.$\{REMOTE_ADDR\}', ensuring that any reflogs created by 'git-receive-pack' contain some |