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authorJoey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2008-10-24 05:48:50 (GMT)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-10-24 23:34:01 (GMT)
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git-daemon: set REMOTE_ADDR to client address
This allows hooks like pre-receive to look at the client's IP address. Of course the IP address can't be used to get strong security; git-daemon isn't the right thing to use if you need that. However, basic IP address checking can be good enough in some situations. REMOTE_ADDR is the same environment variable used to communicate the client's address to CGI scripts. Signed-off-by: Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -270,6 +270,15 @@ selectively enable/disable services per repository::
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+ENVIRONMENT
+-----------
+'git-daemon' will set REMOTE_ADDR to the IP address of the client
+that connected to it, if the IP address is available. REMOTE_ADDR will
+be available in the environment of hooks called when
+services are performed.
+
+
+
Author
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki