fetch: teach independent negotiation (no packfile)

Currently, the packfile negotiation step within a Git fetch cannot be
done independent of sending the packfile, even though there is at least
one application wherein this is useful. Therefore, make it possible for
this negotiation step to be done independently. A subsequent commit will
use this for one such application - push negotiation.

This feature is for protocol v2 only. (An implementation for protocol v0
would require a separate implementation in the fetch, transport, and
transport helper code.)

In the protocol, the main hindrance towards independent negotiation is
that the server can unilaterally decide to send the packfile. This is
solved by a "wait-for-done" argument: the server will then wait for the
client to say "done". In practice, the client will never say it; instead
it will cease requests once it is satisfied.

In the client, the main change lies in the transport and transport
helper code. fetch_refs_via_pack() performs everything needed - protocol
version and capability checks, and the negotiation itself.

There are 2 code paths that do not go through fetch_refs_via_pack() that
needed to be individually excluded: the bundle transport (excluded
through requiring smart_options, which the bundle transport doesn't
support) and transport helpers that do not support takeover. If or when
we support independent negotiation for protocol v0, we will need to
modify these 2 code paths to support it. But for now, report failure if
independent negotiation is requested in these cases.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/transport-helper.c b/transport-helper.c
index 4cd76366fa..4be035edb8 100644
--- a/transport-helper.c
+++ b/transport-helper.c
@@ -684,6 +684,16 @@ static int fetch(struct transport *transport,
 		return transport->vtable->fetch(transport, nr_heads, to_fetch);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * If we reach here, then the server, the client, and/or the transport
+	 * helper does not support protocol v2. --negotiate-only requires
+	 * protocol v2.
+	 */
+	if (data->transport_options.acked_commits) {
+		warning(_("--negotiate-only requires protocol v2"));
+		return -1;
+	}
+
 	if (!data->get_refs_list_called)
 		get_refs_list_using_list(transport, 0);