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@@ -93,14 +93,14 @@ OPTIONS
Listen on an alternative port. Incompatible with '--inetd' option.
--init-timeout=<n>::
- Timeout between the moment the connection is established and the
- client request is received (typically a rather low value, since
+ Timeout (in seconds) between the moment the connection is established
+ and the client request is received (typically a rather low value, since
that should be basically immediate).
--timeout=<n>::
- Timeout for specific client sub-requests. This includes the time
- it takes for the server to process the sub-request and the time spent
- waiting for the next client's request.
+ Timeout (in seconds) for specific client sub-requests. This includes
+ the time it takes for the server to process the sub-request and the
+ time spent waiting for the next client's request.
--max-connections=<n>::
Maximum number of concurrent clients, defaults to 32. Set it to
@@ -161,6 +161,16 @@ the facility of inet daemon to achieve the same before spawning
repository configuration. By default, all the services
are overridable.
+--informative-errors::
+--no-informative-errors::
+ When informative errors are turned on, git-daemon will report
+ more verbose errors to the client, differentiating conditions
+ like "no such repository" from "repository not exported". This
+ is more convenient for clients, but may leak information about
+ the existence of unexported repositories. When informative
+ errors are not enabled, all errors report "access denied" to the
+ client. The default is --no-informative-errors.
+
<directory>::
A directory to add to the whitelist of allowed directories. Unless
--strict-paths is specified this will also include subdirectories