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diff --git a/doc/protobuf.md b/doc/protobuf.md index 4ed62296f..b5ce7b913 100644 --- a/doc/protobuf.md +++ b/doc/protobuf.md @@ -129,6 +129,16 @@ Common concepts that can be considered: with ambiguity and makes it possible to use RPCs for references which are not branches. +RPCs should not implement business-specific logic and policy, but should only +provide the means to handle data in the problem-domain of Gitaly and/or +Praefect. The goal of this is to ensure that the Gitaly project creates an +interface to manage Git data, but does not make business decisions around how to +manage the data. + +For example, Gitaly can provide a robust and efficient set of APIs to move Git +repositories between storage solutions, but it would be up to the calling +application to decide when such moves should occur. + ### RPC naming conventions Gitaly has RPCs that are resource based, for example when querying for a commit. |