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NAME top

   gitformat-bundle - The bundle file format

SYNOPSIS top

   *.bundle
   *.bdl

DESCRIPTION top

   The Git bundle format is a format that represents both refs and
   Git objects. A bundle is a header in a format similar to
   [git-show-ref(1)](../man1/git-show-ref.1.html) followed by a pack in *.pack format.

   The format is created and read by the [git-bundle(1)](../man1/git-bundle.1.html) command, and
   supported by e.g. [git-fetch(1)](../man1/git-fetch.1.html) and [git-clone(1)](../man1/git-clone.1.html).

FORMAT top

   We will use ABNF notation to define the Git bundle format. See
   [gitprotocol-common(5)](../man5/gitprotocol-common.5.html) for the details.

   A v2 bundle looks like this:

       bundle    = signature *prerequisite *reference LF pack
       signature = "# v2 git bundle" LF

       prerequisite = "-" obj-id SP comment LF
       comment      = *CHAR
       reference    = obj-id SP refname LF

       pack         = ... ; packfile

   A v3 bundle looks like this:

       bundle    = signature *capability *prerequisite *reference LF pack
       signature = "# v3 git bundle" LF

       capability   = "@" key ["=" value] LF
       prerequisite = "-" obj-id SP comment LF
       comment      = *CHAR
       reference    = obj-id SP refname LF
       key          = 1*(ALPHA / DIGIT / "-")
       value        = *(%01-09 / %0b-FF)

       pack         = ... ; packfile

SEMANTICS top

   A Git bundle consists of several parts.

   •   "Capabilities", which are only in the v3 format, indicate
       functionality that the bundle requires to be read properly.

   •   "Prerequisites" list the objects that are NOT included in the
       bundle and the reader of the bundle MUST already have, in
       order to use the data in the bundle. The objects stored in the
       bundle may refer to prerequisite objects and anything
       reachable from them (e.g. a tree object in the bundle can
       reference a blob that is reachable from a prerequisite) and/or
       expressed as a delta against prerequisite objects.

   •   "References" record the tips of the history graph, iow, what
       the reader of the bundle CAN "git fetch" from it.

   •   "Pack" is the pack data stream "git fetch" would send, if you
       fetch from a repository that has the references recorded in
       the "References" above into a repository that has references
       pointing at the objects listed in "Prerequisites" above.

   In the bundle format, there can be a comment following a
   prerequisite obj-id. This is a comment and it has no specific
   meaning. The writer of the bundle MAY put any string here. The
   reader of the bundle MUST ignore the comment.

Note on shallow clones and Git bundles Note that the prerequisites do not represent a shallow-clone boundary. The semantics of the prerequisites and the shallow-clone boundaries are different, and the Git bundle v2 format cannot represent a shallow clone repository.

CAPABILITIES top

   Because there is no opportunity for negotiation, unknown
   capabilities cause _git bundle_ to abort.

   •   **object-format** specifies the hash algorithm in use, and can
       take the same values as the **extensions.objectFormat**
       configuration value.

   •   **filter** specifies an object filter as in the **--filter** option in
       [git-rev-list(1)](../man1/git-rev-list.1.html). The resulting pack-file must be marked as a
       **.promisor** pack-file after it is unbundled.

GIT top

   Part of the [git(1)](../man1/git.1.html) suite

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