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NAME top

   gitprotocol-pack - How packs are transferred over-the-wire

SYNOPSIS top

   <over-the-wire-protocol>

DESCRIPTION top

   Git supports transferring data in packfiles over the ssh://,
   git://, <http://> and file:// transports. There exist two sets of
   protocols, one for pushing data from a client to a server and
   another for fetching data from a server to a client. The three
   transports (ssh, git, file) use the same protocol to transfer
   data. http is documented in [gitprotocol-http(5)](../man5/gitprotocol-http.5.html).

   The processes invoked in the canonical Git implementation are
   _upload-pack_ on the server side and _fetch-pack_ on the client side
   for fetching data; then _receive-pack_ on the server and _send-pack_
   on the client for pushing data. The protocol functions to have a
   server tell a client what is currently on the server, then for the
   two to negotiate the smallest amount of data to send in order to
   fully update one or the other.

PKT-LINE FORMAT top

   The descriptions below build on the pkt-line format described in
   [gitprotocol-common(5)](../man5/gitprotocol-common.5.html). When the grammar indicates **PKT-LINE**(**...**),
   unless otherwise noted the usual pkt-line LF rules apply: the
   sender SHOULD include a LF, but the receiver MUST NOT complain if
   it is not present.

   An error packet is a special pkt-line that contains an error
   string.

         error-line     =  PKT-LINE("ERR" SP explanation-text)

   Throughout the protocol, where **PKT-LINE**(**...**) is expected, an error
   packet MAY be sent. Once this packet is sent by a client or a
   server, the data transfer process defined in this protocol is
   terminated.

TRANSPORTS top

   There are three transports over which the packfile protocol is
   initiated. The Git transport is a simple, unauthenticated server
   that takes the command (almost always _upload-pack_, though Git
   servers can be configured to be globally writable, in which
   _receive- pack_ initiation is also allowed) with which the client
   wishes to communicate and executes it and connects it to the
   requesting process.

   In the SSH transport, the client just runs the _upload-pack_ or
   _receive-pack_ process on the server over the SSH protocol and then
   communicates with that invoked process over the SSH connection.

   The file:// transport runs the _upload-pack_ or _receive-pack_ process
   locally and communicates with it over a pipe.

EXTRA PARAMETERS top

   The protocol provides a mechanism in which clients can send
   additional information in its first message to the server. These
   are called "Extra Parameters", and are supported by the Git, SSH,
   and HTTP protocols.

   Each Extra Parameter takes the form of _<key>_**=**_<value>_ or _<key>_.

   Servers that receive any such Extra Parameters MUST ignore all
   unrecognized keys. Currently, the only Extra Parameter recognized
   is "version" with a value of _1_ or _2_. See [gitprotocol-v2(5)](../man5/gitprotocol-v2.5.html) for
   more information on protocol version 2.

GIT TRANSPORT top

   The Git transport starts off by sending the command and repository
   on the wire using the pkt-line format, followed by a NUL byte and
   a hostname parameter, terminated by a NUL byte.

       0033git-upload-pack /project.git\0host=myserver.com\0

   The transport may send Extra Parameters by adding an additional
   NUL byte, and then adding one or more NUL-terminated strings:

       003egit-upload-pack /project.git\0host=myserver.com\0\0version=1\0

       git-proto-request = request-command SP pathname NUL
                           [ host-parameter NUL ] [ NUL extra-parameters ]
       request-command   = "git-upload-pack" / "git-receive-pack" /
                           "git-upload-archive"   ; case sensitive
       pathname          = *( %x01-ff ) ; exclude NUL
       host-parameter    = "host=" hostname [ ":" port ]
       extra-parameters  = 1*extra-parameter
       extra-parameter   = 1*( %x01-ff ) NUL

   host-parameter is used for the git-daemon name based virtual
   hosting. See --interpolated-path option to git daemon, with the
   %H/%CH format characters.

   Basically what the Git client is doing to connect to an
   _upload-pack_ process on the server side over the Git protocol is
   this:

       $ echo -e -n \
         "003agit-upload-pack /schacon/gitbook.git\0host=example.com\0" |
         nc -v example.com 9418

SSH TRANSPORT top

   Initiating the upload-pack or receive-pack processes over SSH is
   executing the binary on the server via SSH remote execution. It is
   basically equivalent to running this:

       $ ssh git.example.com "git-upload-pack '/project.git'"

   For a server to support Git pushing and pulling for a given user
   over SSH, that user needs to be able to execute one or both of
   those commands via the SSH shell that they are provided on login.
   On some systems, that shell access is limited to only being able
   to run those two commands, or even just one of them.

   In an ssh:// format URI, it’s absolute in the URI, so the _/_ after
   the host name (or port number) is sent as an argument, which is
   then read by the remote git-upload-pack exactly as is, so it’s
   effectively an absolute path in the remote filesystem.

          git clone ssh://user@example.com/project.git
                       |
                       v
       ssh user@example.com "git-upload-pack '/project.git'"

   In a "user@host:path" format URI, it’s relative to the user’s home
   directory, because the Git client will run:

          git clone user@example.com:project.git
                         |
                         v
       ssh user@example.com "git-upload-pack 'project.git'"

   The exception is if a _~_ is used, in which case we execute it
   without the leading _/_.

          ssh://user@example.com/~alice/project.git,
                         |
                         v
       ssh user@example.com "git-upload-pack '~alice/project.git'"

   Depending on the value of the **protocol.version** configuration
   variable, Git may attempt to send Extra Parameters as a
   colon-separated string in the GIT_PROTOCOL environment variable.
   This is done only if the **ssh.variant** configuration variable
   indicates that the ssh command supports passing environment
   variables as an argument.

   A few things to remember here:

   •   The "command name" is spelled with dash (e.g.
       git-upload-pack), but this can be overridden by the client;

   •   The repository path is always quoted with single quotes.

FETCHING DATA FROM A SERVER top

   When one Git repository wants to get data that a second repository
   has, the first can _fetch_ from the second. This operation
   determines what data the server has that the client does not then
   streams that data down to the client in packfile format.

REFERENCE DISCOVERY top

   When the client initially connects the server will immediately
   respond with a version number (if "version=1" is sent as an Extra
   Parameter), and a listing of each reference it has (all branches
   and tags) along with the object name that each reference currently
   points to.

       $ echo -e -n "0045git-upload-pack /schacon/gitbook.git\0host=example.com\0\0version=1\0" |
          nc -v example.com 9418
       000eversion 1
       00887217a7c7e582c46cec22a130adf4b9d7d950fba0 HEAD\0multi_ack thin-pack
                    side-band side-band-64k ofs-delta shallow no-progress include-tag
       00441d3fcd5ced445d1abc402225c0b8a1299641f497 refs/heads/integration
       003f7217a7c7e582c46cec22a130adf4b9d7d950fba0 refs/heads/master
       003cb88d2441cac0977faf98efc80305012112238d9d refs/tags/v0.9
       003c525128480b96c89e6418b1e40909bf6c5b2d580f refs/tags/v1.0
       003fe92df48743b7bc7d26bcaabfddde0a1e20cae47c refs/tags/v1.0^{}
       0000

   The returned response is a pkt-line stream describing each ref and
   its current value. The stream MUST be sorted by name according to
   the C locale ordering.

   If HEAD is a valid ref, HEAD MUST appear as the first advertised
   ref. If HEAD is not a valid ref, HEAD MUST NOT appear in the
   advertisement list at all, but other refs may still appear.

   The stream MUST include capability declarations behind a NUL on
   the first ref. The peeled value of a ref (that is "ref^{}") MUST
   be immediately after the ref itself, if presented. A conforming
   server MUST peel the ref if it’s an annotated tag.

         advertised-refs  =  *1("version 1")
                             (no-refs / list-of-refs)
                             *shallow
                             flush-pkt

         no-refs          =  PKT-LINE(zero-id SP "capabilities^{}"
                             NUL capability-list)

         list-of-refs     =  first-ref *other-ref
         first-ref        =  PKT-LINE(obj-id SP refname
                             NUL capability-list)

         other-ref        =  PKT-LINE(other-tip / other-peeled)
         other-tip        =  obj-id SP refname
         other-peeled     =  obj-id SP refname "^{}"

         shallow          =  PKT-LINE("shallow" SP obj-id)

         capability-list  =  capability *(SP capability)
         capability       =  1*(LC_ALPHA / DIGIT / "-" / "_")
         LC_ALPHA         =  %x61-7A

   Server and client MUST use lowercase for obj-id, both MUST treat
   obj-id as case-insensitive.

   See protocol-capabilities.txt for a list of allowed server
   capabilities and descriptions.

PACKFILE NEGOTIATION top

   After reference and capabilities discovery, the client can decide
   to terminate the connection by sending a flush-pkt, telling the
   server it can now gracefully terminate, and disconnect, when it
   does not need any pack data. This can happen with the ls-remote
   command, and also can happen when the client already is up to
   date.

   Otherwise, it enters the negotiation phase, where the client and
   server determine what the minimal packfile necessary for transport
   is, by telling the server what objects it wants, its shallow
   objects (if any), and the maximum commit depth it wants (if any).
   The client will also send a list of the capabilities it wants to
   be in effect, out of what the server said it could do with the
   first _want_ line.

         upload-request    =  want-list
                              *shallow-line
                              *1depth-request
                              [filter-request]
                              flush-pkt

         want-list         =  first-want
                              *additional-want

         shallow-line      =  PKT-LINE("shallow" SP obj-id)

         depth-request     =  PKT-LINE("deepen" SP depth) /
                              PKT-LINE("deepen-since" SP timestamp) /
                              PKT-LINE("deepen-not" SP ref)

         first-want        =  PKT-LINE("want" SP obj-id SP capability-list)
         additional-want   =  PKT-LINE("want" SP obj-id)

         depth             =  1*DIGIT

         filter-request    =  PKT-LINE("filter" SP filter-spec)

   Clients MUST send all the obj-ids it wants from the reference
   discovery phase as _want_ lines. Clients MUST send at least one _want_
   command in the request body. Clients MUST NOT mention an obj-id in
   a _want_ command which did not appear in the response obtained
   through ref discovery.

   The client MUST write all obj-ids which it only has shallow copies
   of (meaning that it does not have the parents of a commit) as
   _shallow_ lines so that the server is aware of the limitations of
   the client’s history.

   The client now sends the maximum commit history depth it wants for
   this transaction, which is the number of commits it wants from the
   tip of the history, if any, as a _deepen_ line. A depth of 0 is the
   same as not making a depth request. The client does not want to
   receive any commits beyond this depth, nor does it want objects
   needed only to complete those commits. Commits whose parents are
   not received as a result are defined as shallow and marked as such
   in the server. This information is sent back to the client in the
   next step.

   The client can optionally request that pack-objects omit various
   objects from the packfile using one of several filtering
   techniques. These are intended for use with partial clone and
   partial fetch operations. An object that does not meet a
   filter-spec value is omitted unless explicitly requested in a _want_
   line. See **rev-list** for possible filter-spec values.

   Once all the _want’s and 'shallow’s (and optional 'deepen_) are
   transferred, clients MUST send a flush-pkt, to tell the server
   side that it is done sending the list.

   Otherwise, if the client sent a positive depth request, the server
   will determine which commits will and will not be shallow and send
   this information to the client. If the client did not request a
   positive depth, this step is skipped.

         shallow-update   =  *shallow-line
                             *unshallow-line
                             flush-pkt

         shallow-line     =  PKT-LINE("shallow" SP obj-id)

         unshallow-line   =  PKT-LINE("unshallow" SP obj-id)

   If the client has requested a positive depth, the server will
   compute the set of commits which are no deeper than the desired
   depth. The set of commits starts at the client’s wants.

   The server writes _shallow_ lines for each commit whose parents will
   not be sent as a result. The server writes an _unshallow_ line for
   each commit which the client has indicated is shallow, but is no
   longer shallow at the currently requested depth (that is, its
   parents will now be sent). The server MUST NOT mark as unshallow
   anything which the client has not indicated was shallow.

   Now the client will send a list of the obj-ids it has using _have_
   lines, so the server can make a packfile that only contains the
   objects that the client needs. In multi_ack mode, the canonical
   implementation will send up to 32 of these at a time, then will
   send a flush-pkt. The canonical implementation will skip ahead and
   send the next 32 immediately, so that there is always a block of
   32 "in-flight on the wire" at a time.

         upload-haves      =  have-list
                              compute-end

         have-list         =  *have-line
         have-line         =  PKT-LINE("have" SP obj-id)
         compute-end       =  flush-pkt / PKT-LINE("done")

   If the server reads _have_ lines, it then will respond by ACKing any
   of the obj-ids the client said it had that the server also has.
   The server will ACK obj-ids differently depending on which ack
   mode is chosen by the client.

   In multi_ack mode:

   •   the server will respond with _ACK obj-id continue_ for any
       common commits.

   •   once the server has found an acceptable common base commit and
       is ready to make a packfile, it will blindly ACK all _have_
       obj-ids back to the client.

   •   the server will then send a _NAK_ and then wait for another
       response from the client - either a _done_ or another list of
       _have_ lines.

   In multi_ack_detailed mode:

   •   the server will differentiate the ACKs where it is signaling
       that it is ready to send data with _ACK obj-id ready_ lines, and
       signals the identified common commits with _ACK obj-id common_
       lines.

   Without either multi_ack or multi_ack_detailed:

   •   upload-pack sends "ACK obj-id" on the first common object it
       finds. After that it says nothing until the client gives it a
       "done".

   •   upload-pack sends "NAK" on a flush-pkt if no common object has
       been found yet. If one has been found, and thus an ACK was
       already sent, it’s silent on the flush-pkt.

   After the client has gotten enough ACK responses that it can
   determine that the server has enough information to send an
   efficient packfile (in the canonical implementation, this is
   determined when it has received enough ACKs that it can color
   everything left in the --date-order queue as common with the
   server, or the --date-order queue is empty), or the client
   determines that it wants to give up (in the canonical
   implementation, this is determined when the client sends 256 _have_
   lines without getting any of them ACKed by the server - meaning
   there is nothing in common and the server should just send all of
   its objects), then the client will send a _done_ command. The _done_
   command signals to the server that the client is ready to receive
   its packfile data.

   However, the 256 limit **only** turns on in the canonical client
   implementation if we have received at least one "ACK %s continue"
   during a prior round. This helps to ensure that at least one
   common ancestor is found before we give up entirely.

   Once the _done_ line is read from the client, the server will either
   send a final _ACK obj-id_ or it will send a _NAK_. _obj-id_ is the
   object name of the last commit determined to be common. The server
   only sends ACK after _done_ if there is at least one common base and
   multi_ack or multi_ack_detailed is enabled. The server always
   sends NAK after _done_ if there is no common base found.

   Instead of _ACK_ or _NAK_, the server may send an error message (for
   example, if it does not recognize an object in a _want_ line
   received from the client).

   Then the server will start sending its packfile data.

         server-response = *ack_multi ack / nak
         ack_multi       = PKT-LINE("ACK" SP obj-id ack_status)
         ack_status      = "continue" / "common" / "ready"
         ack             = PKT-LINE("ACK" SP obj-id)
         nak             = PKT-LINE("NAK")

   A simple clone may look like this (with no _have_ lines):

          C: 0054want 74730d410fcb6603ace96f1dc55ea6196122532d multi_ack \
            side-band-64k ofs-delta\n
          C: 0032want 7d1665144a3a975c05f1f43902ddaf084e784dbe\n
          C: 0032want 5a3f6be755bbb7deae50065988cbfa1ffa9ab68a\n
          C: 0032want 7e47fe2bd8d01d481f44d7af0531bd93d3b21c01\n
          C: 0032want 74730d410fcb6603ace96f1dc55ea6196122532d\n
          C: 0000
          C: 0009done\n

          S: 0008NAK\n
          S: [PACKFILE]

   An incremental update (fetch) response might look like this:

          C: 0054want 74730d410fcb6603ace96f1dc55ea6196122532d multi_ack \
            side-band-64k ofs-delta\n
          C: 0032want 7d1665144a3a975c05f1f43902ddaf084e784dbe\n
          C: 0032want 5a3f6be755bbb7deae50065988cbfa1ffa9ab68a\n
          C: 0000
          C: 0032have 7e47fe2bd8d01d481f44d7af0531bd93d3b21c01\n
          C: [30 more have lines]
          C: 0032have 74730d410fcb6603ace96f1dc55ea6196122532d\n
          C: 0000

          S: 003aACK 7e47fe2bd8d01d481f44d7af0531bd93d3b21c01 continue\n
          S: 003aACK 74730d410fcb6603ace96f1dc55ea6196122532d continue\n
          S: 0008NAK\n

          C: 0009done\n

          S: 0031ACK 74730d410fcb6603ace96f1dc55ea6196122532d\n
          S: [PACKFILE]

PACKFILE DATA top

   Now that the client and server have finished negotiation about
   what the minimal amount of data that needs to be sent to the
   client is, the server will construct and send the required data in
   packfile format.

   See [gitformat-pack(5)](../man5/gitformat-pack.5.html) for what the packfile itself actually looks
   like.

   If _side-band_ or _side-band-64k_ capabilities have been specified by
   the client, the server will send the packfile data multiplexed.

   Each packet starting with the packet-line length of the amount of
   data that follows, followed by a single byte specifying the
   sideband the following data is coming in on.

   In _side-band_ mode, it will send up to 999 data bytes plus 1
   control code, for a total of up to 1000 bytes in a pkt-line. In
   _side-band-64k_ mode it will send up to 65519 data bytes plus 1
   control code, for a total of up to 65520 bytes in a pkt-line.

   The sideband byte will be a _1_, _2_ or a _3_. Sideband _1_ will contain
   packfile data, sideband _2_ will be used for progress information
   that the client will generally print to stderr and sideband _3_ is
   used for error information.

   If no _side-band_ capability was specified, the server will stream
   the entire packfile without multiplexing.

PUSHING DATA TO A SERVER top

   Pushing data to a server will invoke the _receive-pack_ process on
   the server, which will allow the client to tell it which
   references it should update and then send all the data the server
   will need for those new references to be complete. Once all the
   data is received and validated, the server will then update its
   references to what the client specified.

AUTHENTICATION top

   The protocol itself contains no authentication mechanisms. That is
   to be handled by the transport, such as SSH, before the
   _receive-pack_ process is invoked. If _receive-pack_ is configured
   over the Git transport, those repositories will be writable by
   anyone who can access that port (9418) as that transport is
   unauthenticated.

REFERENCE DISCOVERY top

   The reference discovery phase is done nearly the same way as it is
   in the fetching protocol. Each reference obj-id and name on the
   server is sent in packet-line format to the client, followed by a
   flush-pkt. The only real difference is that the capability listing
   is different - the only possible values are _report-status_,
   _report-status-v2_, _delete-refs_, _ofs-delta_, _atomic_ and _push-options_.

REFERENCE UPDATE REQUEST AND PACKFILE TRANSFER top

   Once the client knows what references the server is at, it can
   send a list of reference update requests. For each reference on
   the server that it wants to update, it sends a line listing the
   obj-id currently on the server, the obj-id the client would like
   to update it to and the name of the reference.

   This list is followed by a flush-pkt.

         update-requests   =  *shallow ( command-list | push-cert )

         shallow           =  PKT-LINE("shallow" SP obj-id)

         command-list      =  PKT-LINE(command NUL capability-list)
                              *PKT-LINE(command)
                              flush-pkt

         command           =  create / delete / update
         create            =  zero-id SP new-id  SP name
         delete            =  old-id  SP zero-id SP name
         update            =  old-id  SP new-id  SP name

         old-id            =  obj-id
         new-id            =  obj-id

         push-cert         = PKT-LINE("push-cert" NUL capability-list LF)
                             PKT-LINE("certificate version 0.1" LF)
                             PKT-LINE("pusher" SP ident LF)
                             PKT-LINE("pushee" SP url LF)
                             PKT-LINE("nonce" SP nonce LF)
                             *PKT-LINE("push-option" SP push-option LF)
                             PKT-LINE(LF)
                             *PKT-LINE(command LF)
                             *PKT-LINE(gpg-signature-lines LF)
                             PKT-LINE("push-cert-end" LF)

         push-option       =  1*( VCHAR | SP )

   If the server has advertised the _push-options_ capability and the
   client has specified _push-options_ as part of the capability list
   above, the client then sends its push options followed by a
   flush-pkt.

         push-options      =  *PKT-LINE(push-option) flush-pkt

   For backwards compatibility with older Git servers, if the client
   sends a push cert and push options, it MUST send its push options
   both embedded within the push cert and after the push cert. (Note
   that the push options within the cert are prefixed, but the push
   options after the cert are not.) Both these lists MUST be the
   same, modulo the prefix.

   After that the packfile that should contain all the objects that
   the server will need to complete the new references will be sent.

         packfile          =  "PACK" 28*(OCTET)

   If the receiving end does not support delete-refs, the sending end
   MUST NOT ask for delete command.

   If the receiving end does not support push-cert, the sending end
   MUST NOT send a push-cert command. When a push-cert command is
   sent, command-list MUST NOT be sent; the commands recorded in the
   push certificate is used instead.

   The packfile MUST NOT be sent if the only command used is _delete_.

   A packfile MUST be sent if either create or update command is
   used, even if the server already has all the necessary objects. In
   this case the client MUST send an empty packfile. The only time
   this is likely to happen is if the client is creating a new branch
   or a tag that points to an existing obj-id.

   The server will receive the packfile, unpack it, then validate
   each reference that is being updated that it hasn’t changed while
   the request was being processed (the obj-id is still the same as
   the old-id), and it will run any update hooks to make sure that
   the update is acceptable. If all of that is fine, the server will
   then update the references.

PUSH CERTIFICATE top

   A push certificate begins with a set of header lines. After the
   header and an empty line, the protocol commands follow, one per
   line. Note that the trailing LF in push-cert PKT-LINEs is _not_
   optional; it must be present.

   Currently, the following header fields are defined:

   **pusher** ident
       Identify the GPG key in "Human Readable Name
       <**email@address**[1]>" format.

   **pushee** url
       The repository URL (anonymized, if the URL contains
       authentication material) the user who ran **git push** intended to
       push into.

   **nonce** nonce
       The _nonce_ string the receiving repository asked the pushing
       user to include in the certificate, to prevent replay attacks.

   The GPG signature lines are a detached signature for the contents
   recorded in the push certificate before the signature block
   begins. The detached signature is used to certify that the
   commands were given by the pusher, who must be the signer.

REPORT STATUS top

   After receiving the pack data from the sender, the receiver sends
   a report if _report-status_ or _report-status-v2_ capability is in
   effect. It is a short listing of what happened in that update. It
   will first list the status of the packfile unpacking as either
   _unpack ok_ or _unpack [error]_. Then it will list the status for each
   of the references that it tried to update. Each line is either _ok_
   _[refname]_ if the update was successful, or _ng [refname] [error]_ if
   the update was not.

         report-status     = unpack-status
                             1*(command-status)
                             flush-pkt

         unpack-status     = PKT-LINE("unpack" SP unpack-result)
         unpack-result     = "ok" / error-msg

         command-status    = command-ok / command-fail
         command-ok        = PKT-LINE("ok" SP refname)
         command-fail      = PKT-LINE("ng" SP refname SP error-msg)

         error-msg         = 1*(OCTET) ; where not "ok"

   The _report-status-v2_ capability extends the protocol by adding new
   option lines in order to support reporting of reference rewritten
   by the _proc-receive_ hook. The _proc-receive_ hook may handle a
   command for a pseudo-reference which may create or update one or
   more references, and each reference may have different name,
   different new-oid, and different old-oid.

         report-status-v2  = unpack-status
                             1*(command-status-v2)
                             flush-pkt

         unpack-status     = PKT-LINE("unpack" SP unpack-result)
         unpack-result     = "ok" / error-msg

         command-status-v2 = command-ok-v2 / command-fail
         command-ok-v2     = command-ok
                             *option-line

         command-ok        = PKT-LINE("ok" SP refname)
         command-fail      = PKT-LINE("ng" SP refname SP error-msg)

         error-msg         = 1*(OCTET) ; where not "ok"

         option-line       = *1(option-refname)
                             *1(option-old-oid)
                             *1(option-new-oid)
                             *1(option-forced-update)

         option-refname    = PKT-LINE("option" SP "refname" SP refname)
         option-old-oid    = PKT-LINE("option" SP "old-oid" SP obj-id)
         option-new-oid    = PKT-LINE("option" SP "new-oid" SP obj-id)
         option-force      = PKT-LINE("option" SP "forced-update")

   Updates can be unsuccessful for a number of reasons. The reference
   can have changed since the reference discovery phase was
   originally sent, meaning someone pushed in the meantime. The
   reference being pushed could be a non-fast-forward reference and
   the update hooks or configuration could be set to not allow that,
   etc. Also, some references can be updated while others can be
   rejected.

   An example client/server communication might look like this:

          S: 006274730d410fcb6603ace96f1dc55ea6196122532d refs/heads/local\0report-status delete-refs ofs-delta\n
          S: 003e7d1665144a3a975c05f1f43902ddaf084e784dbe refs/heads/debug\n
          S: 003f74730d410fcb6603ace96f1dc55ea6196122532d refs/heads/master\n
          S: 003d74730d410fcb6603ace96f1dc55ea6196122532d refs/heads/team\n
          S: 0000

          C: 00677d1665144a3a975c05f1f43902ddaf084e784dbe 74730d410fcb6603ace96f1dc55ea6196122532d refs/heads/debug\n
          C: 006874730d410fcb6603ace96f1dc55ea6196122532d 5a3f6be755bbb7deae50065988cbfa1ffa9ab68a refs/heads/master\n
          C: 0000
          C: [PACKDATA]

          S: 000eunpack ok\n
          S: 0018ok refs/heads/debug\n
          S: 002ang refs/heads/master non-fast-forward\n

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