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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-04-22 11:26:58 -0700
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2013-04-22 11:26:58 -0700
commit34ab7fc461e592c425488f02b315b515cd485fe5 (patch)
treed99c907bed5610851b155fc4b0b0bebfa580fb6f /Documentation
parentMerge branch 'jc/detached-head-doc' into maint (diff)
parentdoc: clarify that "git daemon --user=<user>" option does not export HOME=~user (diff)
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Merge branch 'jk/daemon-user-doc' into maint
* jk/daemon-user-doc: doc: clarify that "git daemon --user=<user>" option does not export HOME=~user
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
index 77da564134..bfb106cccd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
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@@ -147,6 +147,13 @@ OPTIONS
Giving these options is an error when used with `--inetd`; use
the facility of inet daemon to achieve the same before spawning
'git daemon' if needed.
++
+Like many programs that switch user id, the daemon does not reset
+environment variables such as `$HOME` when it runs git programs,
+e.g. `upload-pack` and `receive-pack`. When using this option, you
+may also want to set and export `HOME` to point at the home
+directory of `<user>` before starting the daemon, and make sure any
+Git configuration files in that directory are readable by `<user>`.
--enable=<service>::
--disable=<service>::