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git-daemon(1) |
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NAME |
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git-daemon - A really simple server for git repositories |
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SYNOPSIS |
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-------- |
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[verse] |
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'git-daemon' [--verbose] [--syslog] [--export-all] |
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[--timeout=n] [--init-timeout=n] [--strict-paths] |
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[--base-path=path] [--user-path | --user-path=path] |
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[--interpolated-path=pathtemplate] |
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[--reuseaddr] [--detach] [--pid-file=file] |
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[--enable=service] [--disable=service] |
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[--allow-override=service] [--forbid-override=service] |
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[--inetd | [--listen=host_or_ipaddr] [--port=n] [--user=user [--group=group]] |
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[directory...] |
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DESCRIPTION |
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A really simple TCP git daemon that normally listens on port "DEFAULT_GIT_PORT" |
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aka 9418. It waits for a connection asking for a service, and will serve |
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that service if it is enabled. |
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It verifies that the directory has the magic file "git-daemon-export-ok", and |
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it will refuse to export any git directory that hasn't explicitly been marked |
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for export this way (unless the '--export-all' parameter is specified). If you |
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pass some directory paths as 'git-daemon' arguments, you can further restrict |
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the offers to a whitelist comprising of those. |
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By default, only `upload-pack` service is enabled, which serves |
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`git-fetch-pack` and `git-ls-remote` clients, which are invoked |
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from `git-fetch`, `git-pull`, and `git-clone`. |
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This is ideally suited for read-only updates, i.e., pulling from |
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git repositories. |
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An `upload-archive` also exists to serve `git-archive`. |
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OPTIONS |
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--strict-paths:: |
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Match paths exactly (i.e. don't allow "/foo/repo" when the real path is |
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"/foo/repo.git" or "/foo/repo/.git") and don't do user-relative paths. |
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git-daemon will refuse to start when this option is enabled and no |
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whitelist is specified. |
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--base-path:: |
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Remap all the path requests as relative to the given path. |
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This is sort of "GIT root" - if you run git-daemon with |
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'--base-path=/srv/git' on example.com, then if you later try to pull |
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'git://example.com/hello.git', `git-daemon` will interpret the path |
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as '/srv/git/hello.git'. |
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--base-path-relaxed:: |
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If --base-path is enabled and repo lookup fails, with this option |
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`git-daemon` will attempt to lookup without prefixing the base path. |
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This is useful for switching to --base-path usage, while still |
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allowing the old paths. |
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--interpolated-path=pathtemplate:: |
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To support virtual hosting, an interpolated path template can be |
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used to dynamically construct alternate paths. The template |
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supports %H for the target hostname as supplied by the client but |
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converted to all lowercase, %CH for the canonical hostname, |
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%IP for the server's IP address, %P for the port number, |
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and %D for the absolute path of the named repository. |
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After interpolation, the path is validated against the directory |
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whitelist. |
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--export-all:: |
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Allow pulling from all directories that look like GIT repositories |
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(have the 'objects' and 'refs' subdirectories), even if they |
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do not have the 'git-daemon-export-ok' file. |
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--inetd:: |
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Have the server run as an inetd service. Implies --syslog. |
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Incompatible with --port, --listen, --user and --group options. |
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--listen=host_or_ipaddr:: |
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Listen on an a specific IP address or hostname. IP addresses can |
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be either an IPv4 address or an IPV6 address if supported. If IPv6 |
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is not supported, then --listen=hostname is also not supported and |
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--listen must be given an IPv4 address. |
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Incompatible with '--inetd' option. |
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--port=n:: |
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Listen on an alternative port. Incompatible with '--inetd' option. |
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--init-timeout:: |
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Timeout between the moment the connection is established and the |
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client request is received (typically a rather low value, since |
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that should be basically immediate). |
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--timeout:: |
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Timeout for specific client sub-requests. This includes the time |
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it takes for the server to process the sub-request and time spent |
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waiting for next client's request. |
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--syslog:: |
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Log to syslog instead of stderr. Note that this option does not imply |
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--verbose, thus by default only error conditions will be logged. |
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--user-path, --user-path=path:: |
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Allow ~user notation to be used in requests. When |
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specified with no parameter, requests to |
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git://host/~alice/foo is taken as a request to access |
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'foo' repository in the home directory of user `alice`. |
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If `--user-path=path` is specified, the same request is |
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taken as a request to access `path/foo` repository in |
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the home directory of user `alice`. |
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--verbose:: |
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Log details about the incoming connections and requested files. |
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--reuseaddr:: |
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Use SO_REUSEADDR when binding the listening socket. |
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This allows the server to restart without waiting for |
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old connections to time out. |
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--detach:: |
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Detach from the shell. Implies --syslog. |
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--pid-file=file:: |
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Save the process id in 'file'. Ignored when the daemon |
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is run under `--inetd`. |
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--user=user, --group=group:: |
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Change daemon's uid and gid before entering the service loop. |
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When only `--user` is given without `--group`, the |
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primary group ID for the user is used. The values of |
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the option are given to `getpwnam(3)` and `getgrnam(3)` |
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and numeric IDs are not supported. |
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Giving these options is an error when used with `--inetd`; use |
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the facility of inet daemon to achieve the same before spawning |
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`git-daemon` if needed. |
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--enable=service, --disable=service:: |
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Enable/disable the service site-wide per default. Note |
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that a service disabled site-wide can still be enabled |
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per repository if it is marked overridable and the |
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repository enables the service with an configuration |
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item. |
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--allow-override=service, --forbid-override=service:: |
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Allow/forbid overriding the site-wide default with per |
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repository configuration. By default, all the services |
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are overridable. |
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<directory>:: |
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A directory to add to the whitelist of allowed directories. Unless |
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--strict-paths is specified this will also include subdirectories |
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of each named directory. |
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SERVICES |
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These services can be globally enabled/disabled using the |
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command line options of this command. If a finer-grained |
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control is desired (e.g. to allow `git-archive` to be run |
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against only in a few selected repositories the daemon serves), |
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the per-repository configuration file can be used to enable or |
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disable them. |
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upload-pack:: |
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This serves `git-fetch-pack` and `git-ls-remote` |
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clients. It is enabled by default, but a repository can |
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disable it by setting `daemon.uploadpack` configuration |
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item to `false`. |
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upload-archive:: |
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This serves `git-archive --remote`. It is disabled by |
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default, but a repository can enable it by setting |
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`daemon.uploadarchive` configuration item to `true`. |
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receive-pack:: |
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This serves `git-send-pack` clients, allowing anonymous |
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push. It is disabled by default, as there is _no_ |
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authentication in the protocol (in other words, anybody |
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can push anything into the repository, including removal |
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of refs). This is solely meant for a closed LAN setting |
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where everybody is friendly. This service can be |
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enabled by `daemon.receivepack` configuration item to |
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`true`. |
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EXAMPLES |
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We assume the following in /etc/services:: |
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$ grep 9418 /etc/services |
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git 9418/tcp # Git Version Control System |
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git-daemon as inetd server:: |
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To set up `git-daemon` as an inetd service that handles any |
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repository under the whitelisted set of directories, /pub/foo |
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and /pub/bar, place an entry like the following into |
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/etc/inetd all on one line: |
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git stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/bin/git-daemon |
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git-daemon --inetd --verbose --export-all |
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/pub/foo /pub/bar |
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git-daemon as inetd server for virtual hosts:: |
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To set up `git-daemon` as an inetd service that handles |
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repositories for different virtual hosts, `www.example.com` |
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and `www.example.org`, place an entry like the following into |
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`/etc/inetd` all on one line: |
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git stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/bin/git-daemon |
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git-daemon --inetd --verbose --export-all |
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--interpolated-path=/pub/%H%D |
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/pub/www.example.org/software |
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/pub/www.example.com/software |
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/software |
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In this example, the root-level directory `/pub` will contain |
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a subdirectory for each virtual host name supported. |
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Further, both hosts advertise repositories simply as |
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`git://www.example.com/software/repo.git`. For pre-1.4.0 |
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clients, a symlink from `/software` into the appropriate |
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default repository could be made as well. |
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git-daemon as regular daemon for virtual hosts:: |
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To set up `git-daemon` as a regular, non-inetd service that |
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handles repositories for multiple virtual hosts based on |
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their IP addresses, start the daemon like this: |
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git-daemon --verbose --export-all |
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--interpolated-path=/pub/%IP/%D |
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/pub/192.168.1.200/software |
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/pub/10.10.220.23/software |
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In this example, the root-level directory `/pub` will contain |
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a subdirectory for each virtual host IP address supported. |
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Repositories can still be accessed by hostname though, assuming |
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they correspond to these IP addresses. |
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selectively enable/disable services per repository:: |
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To enable `git-archive --remote` and disable `git-fetch` against |
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a repository, have the following in the configuration file in the |
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repository (that is the file 'config' next to 'HEAD', 'refs' and |
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'objects'). |
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[daemon] |
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uploadpack = false |
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uploadarchive = true |
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---------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Author |
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki |
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<yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org> |
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Documentation |
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Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. |
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GIT |
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Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite
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