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| author |  Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2013-12-27 14:39:56 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2013-12-27 14:39:56 -0400 |
| commit | 4235bd7a41e34bb25798158ebcc51f45378a528d (patch) | |
| tree | 37e02417ef9ab0585b789397cd494861c768f711 | |
| parent | ce82c8985963aacdd991507c305523eed130a81b (diff) | |
hint about PROGRESS throttling
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/design/external_special_remote_protocol.mdwn | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/design/external_special_remote_protocol.mdwn b/doc/design/external_special_remote_protocol.mdwn index 1c582591b..e93ead8d6 100644 --- a/doc/design/external_special_remote_protocol.mdwn +++ b/doc/design/external_special_remote_protocol.mdwn @@ -168,8 +168,9 @@ in control. talk with the special remote program! * `PROGRESS Int` Indicates the current progress of the transfer (in bytes). May be repeated - any number of times during the transfer process. This is highly recommended - for STORE. (It is optional but good for RETRIEVE.) + any number of times during the transfer process, but it's wasteful to + update the progress until at least another 1% of the file has been sent. + This is highly recommended for STORE. (It is optional but good for RETRIEVE.) (git-annex does not send a reply to this message.) * `DIRHASH Key` Gets a two level hash associated with a Key. Something like "abc/def". |