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author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-11-20 23:51:23 -0800 |
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committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-11-20 23:51:23 -0800 |
commit | 905bf7742cf5f4a6dea2e75ba2dbd89d5dfaa793 (patch) | |
tree | 4f6173217f109d96e31b47805c945222a7ee5171 /Documentation | |
parent | Merge branch 'bw/autoconf-more' (diff) | |
parent | http-backend: Let gcc check the format of more printf-type functions. (diff) | |
download | tgif-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.txt | 8 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-http-backend.txt | 178 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-remote-helpers.txt | 85 |
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 ------------- |