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author | 2011-11-23 13:28:53 -0800 | |
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committer | 2011-11-23 13:28:53 -0800 | |
commit | 3686aa1caf907d22fe318c28efe93f0e7870ba50 (patch) | |
tree | f99a303bd14c7343be7ccc5b9df5382f1bf79246 /Documentation/git-shell.txt | |
parent | imap-send: Remove unused 'use_namespace' variable (diff) | |
parent | documentation fix: git difftool uses diff tools, not merge tools. (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'maint' into tj/imap-send-remove-unused
* maint: (18123 commits)
documentation fix: git difftool uses diff tools, not merge tools.
Git 1.7.7.4
Makefile: add missing header file dependencies
notes merge: eliminate OUTPUT macro
mailmap: xcalloc mailmap_info
name-rev --all: do not even attempt to describe non-commit object
Git 1.7.7.3
docs: Update install-doc-quick
docs: don't mention --quiet or --exit-code in git-log(1)
Git 1.7.7.2
t7511: avoid use of reserved filename on Windows.
clone: Quote user supplied path in a single quote pair
read-cache.c: fix index memory allocation
make the sample pre-commit hook script reject names with newlines, too
Reindent closing bracket using tab instead of spaces
Git 1.7.7.1
RelNotes/1.7.7.1: setgid bit patch is about fixing "git init" via Makefile setting
gitweb: fix regression when filtering out forks
Almost ready for 1.7.7.1
pack-objects: don't traverse objects unnecessarily
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imap-send.c
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-shell.txt b/Documentation/git-shell.txt index cc4266d83b..9b9250600f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-shell.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-shell.txt @@ -3,33 +3,32 @@ git-shell(1) NAME ---- -git-shell - Restricted login shell for GIT over SSH only +git-shell - Restricted login shell for Git-only SSH access SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-shell' -c <command> <argument> +[verse] +'git shell' [-c <command> <argument>] DESCRIPTION ----------- -This is meant to be used as a login shell for SSH accounts you want -to restrict to GIT pull/push access only. It permits execution only -of server-side GIT commands implementing the pull/push functionality. -The commands can be executed only by the '-c' option; the shell is not -interactive. -Currently, only the `git-receive-pack` and `git-upload-pack` commands -are permitted to be called, with a single required argument. +A login shell for SSH accounts to provide restricted Git access. When +'-c' is given, the program executes <command> non-interactively; +<command> can be one of 'git receive-pack', 'git upload-pack', 'git +upload-archive', 'cvs server', or a command in COMMAND_DIR. The shell +is started in interactive mode when no arguments are given; in this +case, COMMAND_DIR must exist, and any of the executables in it can be +invoked. -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> +'cvs server' is a special command which executes git-cvsserver. -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Petr Baudis and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. +COMMAND_DIR is the path "$HOME/git-shell-commands". The user must have +read and execute permissions to the directory in order to execute the +programs in it. The programs are executed with a cwd of $HOME, and +<argument> is parsed as a command-line string. GIT --- -Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite - +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |