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authorLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2009-11-20 23:51:23 -0800
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2009-11-20 23:51:23 -0800
commit905bf7742cf5f4a6dea2e75ba2dbd89d5dfaa793 (patch)
tree4f6173217f109d96e31b47805c945222a7ee5171 /Documentation
parentMerge branch 'bw/autoconf-more' (diff)
parenthttp-backend: Let gcc check the format of more printf-type functions. (diff)
downloadtgif-905bf7742cf5f4a6dea2e75ba2dbd89d5dfaa793.tar.xz
Merge branch 'sp/smart-http'
* sp/smart-http: (37 commits) http-backend: Let gcc check the format of more printf-type functions. http-backend: Fix access beyond end of string. http-backend: Fix bad treatment of uintmax_t in Content-Length t5551-http-fetch: Work around broken Accept header in libcurl t5551-http-fetch: Work around some libcurl versions http-backend: Protect GIT_PROJECT_ROOT from /../ requests Git-aware CGI to provide dumb HTTP transport http-backend: Test configuration options http-backend: Use http.getanyfile to disable dumb HTTP serving test smart http fetch and push http tests: use /dumb/ URL prefix set httpd port before sourcing lib-httpd t5540-http-push: remove redundant fetches Smart HTTP fetch: gzip requests Smart fetch over HTTP: client side Smart push over HTTP: client side Discover refs via smart HTTP server when available http-backend: more explict LocationMatch http-backend: add example for gitweb on same URL http-backend: use mod_alias instead of mod_rewrite ... Conflicts: .gitignore remote-curl.c
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-http-backend.txt178
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt85
3 files changed, 266 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index c9b8db5cf7..1ff21938e7 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1091,6 +1091,14 @@ http.maxRequests::
How many HTTP requests to launch in parallel. Can be overridden
by the 'GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUESTS' environment variable. Default is 5.
+http.postBuffer::
+ Maximum size in bytes of the buffer used by smart HTTP
+ transports when POSTing data to the remote system.
+ For requests larger than this buffer size, HTTP/1.1 and
+ Transfer-Encoding: chunked is used to avoid creating a
+ massive pack file locally. Default is 1 MiB, which is
+ sufficient for most requests.
+
http.lowSpeedLimit, http.lowSpeedTime::
If the HTTP transfer speed is less than 'http.lowSpeedLimit'
for longer than 'http.lowSpeedTime' seconds, the transfer is aborted.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt b/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..67aec067c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+git-http-backend(1)
+===================
+
+NAME
+----
+git-http-backend - Server side implementation of Git over HTTP
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'git-http-backend'
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+A simple CGI program to serve the contents of a Git repository to Git
+clients accessing the repository over http:// and https:// protocols.
+The program supports clients fetching using both the smart HTTP protcol
+and the backwards-compatible dumb HTTP protocol, as well as clients
+pushing using the smart HTTP protocol.
+
+By default, only the `upload-pack` service is enabled, which serves
+'git-fetch-pack' and 'git-ls-remote' clients, which are invoked from
+'git-fetch', 'git-pull', and 'git-clone'. If the client is authenticated,
+the `receive-pack` service is enabled, which serves 'git-send-pack'
+clients, which is invoked from 'git-push'.
+
+SERVICES
+--------
+These services can be enabled/disabled using the per-repository
+configuration file:
+
+http.getanyfile::
+ This serves older Git clients which are unable to use the
+ upload pack service. When enabled, clients are able to read
+ any file within the repository, including objects that are
+ no longer reachable from a branch but are still present.
+ It is enabled by default, but a repository can disable it
+ by setting this configuration item to `false`.
+
+http.uploadpack::
+ This serves 'git-fetch-pack' and 'git-ls-remote' clients.
+ It is enabled by default, but a repository can disable it
+ by setting this configuration item to `false`.
+
+http.receivepack::
+ This serves 'git-send-pack' clients, allowing push. It is
+ disabled by default for anonymous users, and enabled by
+ default for users authenticated by the web server. It can be
+ disabled by setting this item to `false`, or enabled for all
+ users, including anonymous users, by setting it to `true`.
+
+URL TRANSLATION
+---------------
+To determine the location of the repository on disk, 'git-http-backend'
+concatenates the environment variables PATH_INFO, which is set
+automatically by the web server, and GIT_PROJECT_ROOT, which must be set
+manually in the web server configuration. If GIT_PROJECT_ROOT is not
+set, 'git-http-backend' reads PATH_TRANSLATED, which is also set
+automatically by the web server.
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+All of the following examples map 'http://$hostname/git/foo/bar.git'
+to '/var/www/git/foo/bar.git'.
+
+Apache 2.x::
+ Ensure mod_cgi, mod_alias, and mod_env are enabled, set
+ GIT_PROJECT_ROOT (or DocumentRoot) appropriately, and
+ create a ScriptAlias to the CGI:
++
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+SetEnv GIT_PROJECT_ROOT /var/www/git
+ScriptAlias /git/ /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend/
+----------------------------------------------------------------
++
+To enable anonymous read access but authenticated write access,
+require authorization with a LocationMatch directive:
++
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+<LocationMatch "^/git/.*/git-receive-pack$">
+ AuthType Basic
+ AuthName "Git Access"
+ Require group committers
+ ...
+</LocationMatch>
+----------------------------------------------------------------
++
+To require authentication for both reads and writes, use a Location
+directive around the repository, or one of its parent directories:
++
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+<Location /git/private>
+ AuthType Basic
+ AuthName "Private Git Access"
+ Require group committers
+ ...
+</Location>
+----------------------------------------------------------------
++
+To serve gitweb at the same url, use a ScriptAliasMatch to only
+those URLs that 'git-http-backend' can handle, and forward the
+rest to gitweb:
++
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+ScriptAliasMatch \
+ "(?x)^/git/(.*/(HEAD | \
+ info/refs | \
+ objects/(info/[^/]+ | \
+ [0-9a-f]{2}/[0-9a-f]{38} | \
+ pack/pack-[0-9a-f]{40}\.(pack|idx)) | \
+ git-(upload|receive)-pack))$" \
+ /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend/$1
+
+ScriptAlias /git/ /var/www/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Accelerated static Apache 2.x::
+ Similar to the above, but Apache can be used to return static
+ files that are stored on disk. On many systems this may
+ be more efficient as Apache can ask the kernel to copy the
+ file contents from the file system directly to the network:
++
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+SetEnv GIT_PROJECT_ROOT /var/www/git
+
+AliasMatch ^/git/(.*/objects/[0-9a-f]{2}/[0-9a-f]{38})$ /var/www/git/$1
+AliasMatch ^/git/(.*/objects/pack/pack-[0-9a-f]{40}.(pack|idx))$ /var/www/git/$1
+ScriptAlias /git/ /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend/
+----------------------------------------------------------------
++
+This can be combined with the gitweb configuration:
++
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+SetEnv GIT_PROJECT_ROOT /var/www/git
+
+AliasMatch ^/git/(.*/objects/[0-9a-f]{2}/[0-9a-f]{38})$ /var/www/git/$1
+AliasMatch ^/git/(.*/objects/pack/pack-[0-9a-f]{40}.(pack|idx))$ /var/www/git/$1
+ScriptAliasMatch \
+ "(?x)^/git/(.*/(HEAD | \
+ info/refs | \
+ objects/info/[^/]+ | \
+ git-(upload|receive)-pack))$" \
+ /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend/$1
+ScriptAlias /git/ /var/www/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+ENVIRONMENT
+-----------
+'git-http-backend' relies upon the CGI environment variables set
+by the invoking web server, including:
+
+* PATH_INFO (if GIT_PROJECT_ROOT is set, otherwise PATH_TRANSLATED)
+* REMOTE_USER
+* REMOTE_ADDR
+* CONTENT_TYPE
+* QUERY_STRING
+* REQUEST_METHOD
+
+The backend process sets GIT_COMMITTER_NAME to '$REMOTE_USER' and
+GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL to '$\{REMOTE_USER}@http.$\{REMOTE_ADDR\}',
+ensuring that any reflogs created by 'git-receive-pack' contain some
+identifying information of the remote user who performed the push.
+
+All CGI environment variables are available to each of the hooks
+invoked by the 'git-receive-pack'.
+
+Author
+------
+Written by Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>.
+
+Documentation
+--------------
+Documentation by Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>.
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt
index 173ee232f2..8beb42dbb9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt
@@ -34,15 +34,51 @@ Commands are given by the caller on the helper's standard input, one per line.
value of the ref. A space-separated list of attributes follows
the name; unrecognized attributes are ignored. After the
complete list, outputs a blank line.
++
+If 'push' is supported this may be called as 'list for-push'
+to obtain the current refs prior to sending one or more 'push'
+commands to the helper.
+
+'option' <name> <value>::
+ Set the transport helper option <name> to <value>. Outputs a
+ single line containing one of 'ok' (option successfully set),
+ 'unsupported' (option not recognized) or 'error <msg>'
+ (option <name> is supported but <value> is not correct
+ for it). Options should be set before other commands,
+ and may how those commands behave.
++
+Supported if the helper has the "option" capability.
'fetch' <sha1> <name>::
- Fetches the given object, writing the necessary objects to the
- database. Outputs a blank line when the fetch is
- complete. Only objects which were reported in the ref list
- with a sha1 may be fetched this way.
+ Fetches the given object, writing the necessary objects
+ to the database. Fetch commands are sent in a batch, one
+ per line, and the batch is terminated with a blank line.
+ Outputs a single blank line when all fetch commands in the
+ same batch are complete. Only objects which were reported
+ in the ref list with a sha1 may be fetched this way.
++
+Optionally may output a 'lock <file>' line indicating a file under
+GIT_DIR/objects/pack which is keeping a pack until refs can be
+suitably updated.
+
Supported if the helper has the "fetch" capability.
+'push' +<src>:<dst>::
+ Pushes the given <src> commit or branch locally to the
+ remote branch described by <dst>. A batch sequence of
+ one or more push commands is terminated with a blank line.
++
+Zero or more protocol options may be entered after the last 'push'
+command, before the batch's terminating blank line.
++
+When the push is complete, outputs one or more 'ok <dst>' or
+'error <dst> <why>?' lines to indicate success or failure of
+each pushed ref. The status report output is terminated by
+a blank line. The option field <why> may be quoted in a C
+style string if it contains an LF.
++
+Supported if the helper has the "push" capability.
+
If a fatal error occurs, the program writes the error message to
stderr and exits. The caller should expect that a suitable error
message has been printed if the child closes the connection without
@@ -57,10 +93,49 @@ CAPABILITIES
'fetch'::
This helper supports the 'fetch' command.
+'option'::
+ This helper supports the option command.
+
+'push'::
+ This helper supports the 'push' command.
+
REF LIST ATTRIBUTES
-------------------
-None are defined yet, but the caller must accept any which are supplied.
+'for-push'::
+ The caller wants to use the ref list to prepare push
+ commands. A helper might chose to acquire the ref list by
+ opening a different type of connection to the destination.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+'option verbosity' <N>::
+ Change the level of messages displayed by the helper.
+ When N is 0 the end-user has asked the process to be
+ quiet, and the helper should produce only error output.
+ N of 1 is the default level of verbosity, higher values
+ of N correspond to the number of -v flags passed on the
+ command line.
+
+'option progress' \{'true'|'false'\}::
+ Enable (or disable) progress messages displayed by the
+ transport helper during a command.
+
+'option depth' <depth>::
+ Deepen the history of a shallow repository.
+
+'option followtags' \{'true'|'false'\}::
+ If enabled the helper should automatically fetch annotated
+ tag objects if the object the tag points at was transferred
+ during the fetch command. If the tag is not fetched by
+ the helper a second fetch command will usually be sent to
+ ask for the tag specifically. Some helpers may be able to
+ use this option to avoid a second network connection.
+
+'option dry-run' \{'true'|'false'\}:
+ If true, pretend the operation completed successfully,
+ but don't actually change any repository data. For most
+ helpers this only applies to the 'push', if supported.
Documentation
-------------