@@ -425,8 +425,8 @@ packet: git< capability=clean
425425packet: git< capability=smudge
426426packet: git< 0000
427427------------------------
428- Supported filter capabilities in version 2 are "clean" and
429- "smudge ".
428+ Supported filter capabilities in version 2 are "clean", "smudge",
429+ and "delay ".
430430
431431Afterwards Git sends a list of "key=value" pairs terminated with
432432a flush packet. The list will contain at least the filter command
@@ -512,12 +512,73 @@ the protocol then Git will stop the filter process and restart it
512512with the next file that needs to be processed. Depending on the
513513`filter.<driver>.required` flag Git will interpret that as error.
514514
515- After the filter has processed a blob it is expected to wait for
516- the next "key=value" list containing a command. Git will close
515+ After the filter has processed a command it is expected to wait for
516+ a "key=value" list containing the next command. Git will close
517517the command pipe on exit. The filter is expected to detect EOF
518518and exit gracefully on its own. Git will wait until the filter
519519process has stopped.
520520
521+ Delay
522+ ^^^^^
523+
524+ If the filter supports the "delay" capability, then Git can send the
525+ flag "can-delay" after the filter command and pathname. This flag
526+ denotes that the filter can delay filtering the current blob (e.g. to
527+ compensate network latencies) by responding with no content but with
528+ the status "delayed" and a flush packet.
529+ ------------------------
530+ packet: git> command=smudge
531+ packet: git> pathname=path/testfile.dat
532+ packet: git> can-delay=1
533+ packet: git> 0000
534+ packet: git> CONTENT
535+ packet: git> 0000
536+ packet: git< status=delayed
537+ packet: git< 0000
538+ ------------------------
539+
540+ If the filter supports the "delay" capability then it must support the
541+ "list_available_blobs" command. If Git sends this command, then the
542+ filter is expected to return a list of pathnames representing blobs
543+ that have been delayed earlier and are now available.
544+ The list must be terminated with a flush packet followed
545+ by a "success" status that is also terminated with a flush packet. If
546+ no blobs for the delayed paths are available, yet, then the filter is
547+ expected to block the response until at least one blob becomes
548+ available. The filter can tell Git that it has no more delayed blobs
549+ by sending an empty list. As soon as the filter responds with an empty
550+ list, Git stops asking. All blobs that Git has not received at this
551+ point are considered missing and will result in an error.
552+
553+ ------------------------
554+ packet: git> command=list_available_blobs
555+ packet: git> 0000
556+ packet: git< pathname=path/testfile.dat
557+ packet: git< pathname=path/otherfile.dat
558+ packet: git< 0000
559+ packet: git< status=success
560+ packet: git< 0000
561+ ------------------------
562+
563+ After Git received the pathnames, it will request the corresponding
564+ blobs again. These requests contain a pathname and an empty content
565+ section. The filter is expected to respond with the smudged content
566+ in the usual way as explained above.
567+ ------------------------
568+ packet: git> command=smudge
569+ packet: git> pathname=path/testfile.dat
570+ packet: git> 0000
571+ packet: git> 0000 # empty content!
572+ packet: git< status=success
573+ packet: git< 0000
574+ packet: git< SMUDGED_CONTENT
575+ packet: git< 0000
576+ packet: git< 0000 # empty list, keep "status=success" unchanged!
577+ ------------------------
578+
579+ Example
580+ ^^^^^^^
581+
521582A long running filter demo implementation can be found in
522583`contrib/long-running-filter/example.pl` located in the Git
523584core repository. If you develop your own long running filter
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