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The receiver of an igot card will typically check to see if
it also holds the same artifact and if not it will request the artifact
using a gimme card in either the reply or in the next message.</p>

<p>If the second argument exists and is "1", then the artifact
identified by the first argument is private on the sender and should
be ignored unless a "--private" [/help?cmd=sync|sync] is occurring.

<p>The name "igot" comes from the English slang expression "I got" meaning
"I have".

<h4>3.6.1 Unversioned Igot Cards</h4>

<p>Zero or more "uvigot" cards are sent from server to client when
synchronizing unversioned content.  The format of a uvigot card is
as follows:

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<p>The argument to the gimme card is the ID of the artifact that
the sender wants.  The receiver will typically respond to a
gimme card by sending a file card in its reply or in the next
message.</p>

<p>The "gimme" name means "give me".  The imperative "give me" is
pronounced as if it were a single word "gimme" in some dialects of 
English (including the dialect spoken by the original author of Fossil).

<h4>3.7.1 Unversioned Gimme Cards</h4>

<p>Sync synchronizing unversioned content, the client may send "uvgimme"
cards to the server.  A uvgimme card requests that the server send
unversioned content to the client.  The format of a uvgimme card is
as follows: