X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-daemon.txt;h=2a8f371ec95b619bcfb3fc289770ab7ef929214d;hb=ee34518d629331dadd58b1a75294369d679eda8b;hp=065f2aa721feef01d57c5dc6ecab79223eda5363;hpb=dbc37438687e110697574d175e4eca5f9cbeae81;p=git.git diff --git a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt index 065f2aa7..2a8f371e 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt @@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ git-daemon(1) NAME ---- -git-daemon - A really simple server for GIT repositories. +git-daemon - A really simple server for git repositories. SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-daemon' [--verbose] [--syslog] [--inetd | --port=n] +'git-daemon' [--verbose] [--syslog] [--inetd | --port=n] [--export-all] + [--timeout=n] [--init-timeout=n] [--strict-paths] [directory...] DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -20,18 +21,41 @@ 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. +for export this way (unless the '--export-all' parameter is specified). If you +pass some directory paths as 'git-daemon' 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. OPTIONS ------- +--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. + +--export-all:: + Allow pulling from all directories that look like GIT repositories + (have the 'objects' and 'refs' subdirectories), even if they + do not have the 'git-daemon-export-ok' file. + --inetd:: - Have the server run as an inetd service. + Have the server run as an inetd service. Implies --syslog. --port:: Listen on an alternative port. +--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). + +--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. + --syslog:: Log to syslog instead of stderr. Note that this option does not imply --verbose, thus by default only error conditions will be logged. @@ -39,9 +63,15 @@ OPTIONS --verbose:: Log details about the incoming connections and requested files. +:: + A directory to add to the whitelist of allowed directories. Unless + --strict-paths is specified this will also include subdirectories + of each named directory. + Author ------ -Written by Linus Torvalds and YOSHIFUJI Hideaki +Written by Linus Torvalds , YOSHIFUJI Hideaki + and the git-list Documentation --------------