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Diffstat (limited to 'include/git2')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/git2/remote.h | 13 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/git2/remote.h b/include/git2/remote.h index 93bc83452..207fe271d 100644 --- a/include/git2/remote.h +++ b/include/git2/remote.h @@ -91,9 +91,12 @@ GIT_EXTERN(const git_refspec *) git_remote_pushspec(struct git_remote *remote); /** * Open a connection to a remote * - * The transport is selected based on the URL + * The transport is selected based on the URL. The direction argument + * is due to a limitation of the git protocol (over TCP or SSH) which + * starts up a specific binary which can only do the one or the other. * * @param remote the remote to connect to + * @param direction whether you want to receive or send data * @return GIT_SUCCESS or an error code */ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_remote_connect(struct git_remote *remote, int direction); @@ -110,6 +113,14 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_remote_connect(struct git_remote *remote, int direction); GIT_EXTERN(int) git_remote_ls(git_remote *remote, git_headarray *refs); /** + * Negotiate what data needs to be exchanged to synchroize the remtoe + * and local references + * + * @param remote the remote you want to negotiate with + */ +GIT_EXTERN(int) git_remote_negotiate(git_remote *remote); + +/** * Free the memory associated with a remote * * @param remote the remote to free |