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diff --git a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt index f902161..efdcdad 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt @@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ OPTIONS Detach from the shell. Implies --syslog. --pid-file=file:: - Save the process id in 'file'. + Save the process id in 'file'. Ignored when the daemon + is run under `--inetd`. --user=user, --group=group:: Change daemon's uid and gid before entering the service loop. @@ -157,6 +158,13 @@ the facility of inet daemon to achieve the same before spawning SERVICES -------- +These services can be globally enabled/disabled using the +command line options of this command. If a finer-grained +control is desired (e.g. to allow `git-archive` to be run +against only in a few selected repositories the daemon serves), +the per-repository configuration file can be used to enable or +disable them. + upload-pack:: This serves `git-fetch-pack` and `git-peek-remote` clients. It is enabled by default, but a repository can @@ -164,7 +172,19 @@ upload-pack:: item to `false`. upload-archive:: - This serves `git-archive --remote`. + This serves `git-archive --remote`. It is disabled by + default, but a repository can enable it by setting + `daemon.uploadarchive` configuration item to `true`. + +receive-pack:: + This serves `git-send-pack` clients, allowing anonymous + push. It is disabled by default, as there is _no_ + authentication in the protocol (in other words, anybody + can push anything into the repository, including removal + of refs). This is solely meant for a closed LAN setting + where everybody is friendly. This service can be + enabled by `daemon.receivepack` configuration item to + `true`. EXAMPLES -------- @@ -229,6 +249,18 @@ Repositories can still be accessed by hostname though, assuming they correspond to these IP addresses. +To enable `git-archive --remote` and disable `git-fetch` against +a repository, have the following in the configuration file in the +repository (that is the file 'config' next to 'HEAD', 'refs' and +'objects'). ++ +---------------------------------------------------------------- +[daemon] + uploadpack = false + uploadarchive = true +---------------------------------------------------------------- + + Author ------ Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki |