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.TH "GIT-DAEMON" 1 "" "" ""
.SH NAME
git-daemon \- A really simple server for git repositories
.SH "SYNOPSIS"

.nf
\fIgit\-daemon\fR [\-\-verbose] [\-\-syslog] [\-\-inetd | \-\-port=n] [\-\-export\-all]
             [\-\-timeout=n] [\-\-init\-timeout=n] [\-\-strict\-paths]
             [\-\-base\-path=path] [\-\-user\-path | \-\-user\-path=path]
             [directory...]
.fi

.SH "DESCRIPTION"


A really simple TCP git daemon that normally listens on port "DEFAULT_GIT_PORT" aka 9418\&. It waits for a connection, and will just execute "git\-upload\-pack" when it gets one\&.


It's careful in that there's a magic request\-line that gives the command and what directory to upload, and it verifies that the directory is ok\&.


It verifies that the directory has the magic file "git\-daemon\-export\-ok", and it will refuse to export any git directory that hasn't explicitly been marked for export this way (unless the \fI\-\-export\-all\fR parameter is specified)\&. If you pass some directory paths as \fIgit\-daemon\fR arguments, you can further restrict the offers to a whitelist comprising of those\&.


This is ideally suited for read\-only updates, ie pulling from git repositories\&.

.SH "OPTIONS"

.TP
\-\-strict\-paths
Match paths exactly (i\&.e\&. don't allow "/foo/repo" when the real path is "/foo/repo\&.git" or "/foo/repo/\&.git") and don't do user\-relative paths\&. git\-daemon will refuse to start when this option is enabled and no whitelist is specified\&.

.TP
\-\-base\-path
Remap all the path requests as relative to the given path\&. This is sort of "GIT root" \- if you run git\-daemon with \fI\-\-base\-path=/srv/git\fR on example\&.com, then if you later try to pull \fIgit://example\&.com/hello\&.git\fR, git\-daemon will interpret the path as \fI/srv/git/hello\&.git\fR\&.

.TP
\-\-export\-all
Allow pulling from all directories that look like GIT repositories (have the \fIobjects\fR and \fIrefs\fR subdirectories), even if they do not have the \fIgit\-daemon\-export\-ok\fR file\&.

.TP
\-\-inetd
Have the server run as an inetd service\&. Implies \-\-syslog\&.

.TP
\-\-port
Listen on an alternative port\&.

.TP
\-\-init\-timeout
Timeout between the moment the connection is established and the client request is received (typically a rather low value, since that should be basically immediate)\&.

.TP
\-\-timeout
Timeout for specific client sub\-requests\&. This includes the time it takes for the server to process the sub\-request and time spent waiting for next client's request\&.

.TP
\-\-syslog
Log to syslog instead of stderr\&. Note that this option does not imply \-\-verbose, thus by default only error conditions will be logged\&.

.TP
\-\-user\-path, \-\-user\-path=path
Allow ~user notation to be used in requests\&. When specified with no parameter, requests to git://host/~alice/foo is taken as a request to access \fIfoo\fR repository in the home directory of user alice\&. If \-\-user\-path=path is specified, the same request is taken as a request to access path/foo repository in the home directory of user alice\&.

.TP
\-\-verbose
Log details about the incoming connections and requested files\&.

.TP
<directory>
A directory to add to the whitelist of allowed directories\&. Unless \-\-strict\-paths is specified this will also include subdirectories of each named directory\&.

.SH "AUTHOR"


Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl\&.org>, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux\-ipv6\&.org> and the git\-list <git@vger\&.kernel\&.org>

.SH "DOCUMENTATION"


Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git\-list <git@vger\&.kernel\&.org>\&.

.SH "GIT"


Part of the \fBgit\fR(7) suite