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diff --git a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
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--- a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-daemon - A really simple server for git repositories.
SYNOPSIS
--------
'git-daemon' [--verbose] [--syslog] [--inetd | --port=n] [--export-all]
- [--timeout=n] [--init-timeout=n] [directory...]
+ [--timeout=n] [--init-timeout=n] [--strict-paths] [directory...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -29,9 +29,15 @@ 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' subdirectory and a 'HEAD' file), even if they
+ (have the 'objects' and 'refs' subdirectories), even if they
do not have the 'git-daemon-export-ok' file.
--inetd::
@@ -57,9 +63,15 @@ OPTIONS
--verbose::
Log details about the incoming connections and requested files.
+<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.
+
Author
------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
+Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki
+<yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>
Documentation
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