summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/Documentation/howto
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorLibravatar Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com>2013-09-21 07:53:06 +0530
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-10-28 13:24:56 -0700
commit6d52bc318bf4953e0ad332b7a200b02cb9fa58bf (patch)
tree68225f969427aa9457f8a3d8302a2a13f6c59ccd /Documentation/howto
parentgit-prune-packed.txt: fix reference to GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY (diff)
downloadtgif-6d52bc318bf4953e0ad332b7a200b02cb9fa58bf.tar.xz
doc/howto: warn about (dumb)http server document being too old
Describe when it is still applicable, and tell people where to go for most normal cases. Signed-off-by: Sitaram Chamarty <sitaram@atc.tcs.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/howto')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt b/Documentation/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt
index 7f4943e102..c8036492e6 100644
--- a/Documentation/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt
+++ b/Documentation/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ Content-type: text/asciidoc
How to setup Git server over http
=================================
+NOTE: This document is from 2006. A lot has happened since then, and this
+document is now relevant mainly if your web host is not CGI capable.
+Almost everyone else should instead look at linkgit:git-http-backend[1].
+
Since Apache is one of those packages people like to compile
themselves while others prefer the bureaucrat's dream Debian, it is
impossible to give guidelines which will work for everyone. Just send