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diff --git a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..fd83bc7833 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt @@ -0,0 +1,275 @@ +git-daemon(1) +============= + +NAME +---- +git-daemon - A really simple server for git repositories + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'git-daemon' [--verbose] [--syslog] [--export-all] + [--timeout=n] [--init-timeout=n] [--strict-paths] + [--base-path=path] [--user-path | --user-path=path] + [--interpolated-path=pathtemplate] + [--reuseaddr] [--detach] [--pid-file=file] + [--enable=service] [--disable=service] + [--allow-override=service] [--forbid-override=service] + [--inetd | [--listen=host_or_ipaddr] [--port=n] [--user=user [--group=group]] + [directory...] + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +A really simple TCP git daemon that normally listens on port "DEFAULT_GIT_PORT" +aka 9418. It waits for a connection asking for a service, and will serve +that service if it is enabled. + +It verifies that the directory has the magic file "git-daemon-export-ok", and +it will refuse to export any git directory that hasn't explicitly been marked +for export this way (unless the '--export-all' parameter is specified). If you +pass some directory paths as 'git-daemon' arguments, you can further restrict +the offers to a whitelist comprising of those. + +By default, only `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`. + +This is ideally suited for read-only updates, i.e., pulling from +git repositories. + +An `upload-archive` also exists to serve `git-archive`. + +OPTIONS +------- +--strict-paths:: + Match paths exactly (i.e. don't allow "/foo/repo" when the real path is + "/foo/repo.git" or "/foo/repo/.git") and don't do user-relative paths. + git-daemon will refuse to start when this option is enabled and no + whitelist is specified. + +--base-path:: + Remap all the path requests as relative to the given path. + This is sort of "GIT root" - if you run git-daemon with + '--base-path=/srv/git' on example.com, then if you later try to pull + 'git://example.com/hello.git', `git-daemon` will interpret the path + as '/srv/git/hello.git'. + +--base-path-relaxed:: + If --base-path is enabled and repo lookup fails, with this option + `git-daemon` will attempt to lookup without prefixing the base path. + This is useful for switching to --base-path usage, while still + allowing the old paths. + +--interpolated-path=pathtemplate:: + To support virtual hosting, an interpolated path template can be + used to dynamically construct alternate paths. The template + supports %H for the target hostname as supplied by the client but + converted to all lowercase, %CH for the canonical hostname, + %IP for the server's IP address, %P for the port number, + and %D for the absolute path of the named repository. + After interpolation, the path is validated against the directory + whitelist. + +--export-all:: + Allow pulling from all directories that look like GIT repositories + (have the 'objects' and 'refs' subdirectories), even if they + do not have the 'git-daemon-export-ok' file. + +--inetd:: + Have the server run as an inetd service. Implies --syslog. + Incompatible with --port, --listen, --user and --group options. + +--listen=host_or_ipaddr:: + Listen on an a specific IP address or hostname. IP addresses can + be either an IPv4 address or an IPV6 address if supported. If IPv6 + is not supported, then --listen=hostname is also not supported and + --listen must be given an IPv4 address. + Incompatible with '--inetd' option. + +--port=n:: + Listen on an alternative port. Incompatible with '--inetd' option. + +--init-timeout:: + Timeout 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:: + Timeout for specific client sub-requests. This includes the time + it takes for the server to process the sub-request and time spent + waiting for next client's request. + +--syslog:: + Log to syslog instead of stderr. Note that this option does not imply + --verbose, thus by default only error conditions will be logged. + +--user-path, --user-path=path:: + Allow ~user notation to be used in requests. When + specified with no parameter, requests to + git://host/~alice/foo is taken as a request to access + 'foo' repository in the home directory of user `alice`. + If `--user-path=path` is specified, the same request is + taken as a request to access `path/foo` repository in + the home directory of user `alice`. + +--verbose:: + Log details about the incoming connections and requested files. + +--reuseaddr:: + Use SO_REUSEADDR when binding the listening socket. + This allows the server to restart without waiting for + old connections to time out. + +--detach:: + Detach from the shell. Implies --syslog. + +--pid-file=file:: + Save the process id in 'file'. Ignored when the daemon + is run under `--inetd`. + +--user=user, --group=group:: + Change daemon's uid and gid before entering the service loop. + When only `--user` is given without `--group`, the + primary group ID for the user is used. The values of + the option are given to `getpwnam(3)` and `getgrnam(3)` + and numeric IDs are not supported. ++ +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. + +--enable=service, --disable=service:: + Enable/disable the service site-wide per default. Note + that a service disabled site-wide can still be enabled + per repository if it is marked overridable and the + repository enables the service with an configuration + item. + +--allow-override=service, --forbid-override=service:: + Allow/forbid overriding the site-wide default with per + repository configuration. By default, all the services + are overridable. + +<directory>:: + A directory to add to the whitelist of allowed directories. Unless + --strict-paths is specified this will also include subdirectories + of each named directory. + +SERVICES +-------- + +These services can be globally enabled/disabled using the +command line options of this command. If a finer-grained +control is desired (e.g. to allow `git-archive` to be run +against only in a few selected repositories the daemon serves), +the per-repository configuration file can be used to enable or +disable them. + +upload-pack:: + This serves `git-fetch-pack` and `git-ls-remote` + clients. It is enabled by default, but a repository can + disable it by setting `daemon.uploadpack` configuration + item to `false`. + +upload-archive:: + This serves `git-archive --remote`. It is disabled by + default, but a repository can enable it by setting + `daemon.uploadarchive` configuration item to `true`. + +receive-pack:: + This serves `git-send-pack` clients, allowing anonymous + push. It is disabled by default, as there is _no_ + authentication in the protocol (in other words, anybody + can push anything into the repository, including removal + of refs). This is solely meant for a closed LAN setting + where everybody is friendly. This service can be + enabled by `daemon.receivepack` configuration item to + `true`. + +EXAMPLES +-------- +We assume the following in /etc/services:: ++ +------------ +$ grep 9418 /etc/services +git 9418/tcp # Git Version Control System +------------ + +git-daemon as inetd server:: + To set up `git-daemon` as an inetd service that handles any + repository under the whitelisted set of directories, /pub/foo + and /pub/bar, place an entry like the following into + /etc/inetd all on one line: ++ +------------------------------------------------ + git stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/bin/git-daemon + git-daemon --inetd --verbose --export-all + /pub/foo /pub/bar +------------------------------------------------ + + +git-daemon as inetd server for virtual hosts:: + To set up `git-daemon` as an inetd service that handles + repositories for different virtual hosts, `www.example.com` + and `www.example.org`, place an entry like the following into + `/etc/inetd` all on one line: ++ +------------------------------------------------ + git stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/bin/git-daemon + git-daemon --inetd --verbose --export-all + --interpolated-path=/pub/%H%D + /pub/www.example.org/software + /pub/www.example.com/software + /software +------------------------------------------------ ++ +In this example, the root-level directory `/pub` will contain +a subdirectory for each virtual host name supported. +Further, both hosts advertise repositories simply as +`git://www.example.com/software/repo.git`. For pre-1.4.0 +clients, a symlink from `/software` into the appropriate +default repository could be made as well. + + +git-daemon as regular daemon for virtual hosts:: + To set up `git-daemon` as a regular, non-inetd service that + handles repositories for multiple virtual hosts based on + their IP addresses, start the daemon like this: ++ +------------------------------------------------ + git-daemon --verbose --export-all + --interpolated-path=/pub/%IP/%D + /pub/192.168.1.200/software + /pub/10.10.220.23/software +------------------------------------------------ ++ +In this example, the root-level directory `/pub` will contain +a subdirectory for each virtual host IP address supported. +Repositories can still be accessed by hostname though, assuming +they correspond to these IP addresses. + +selectively enable/disable services per repository:: + To enable `git-archive --remote` and disable `git-fetch` against + a repository, have the following in the configuration file in the + repository (that is the file 'config' next to 'HEAD', 'refs' and + 'objects'). ++ +---------------------------------------------------------------- + [daemon] + uploadpack = false + uploadarchive = true +---------------------------------------------------------------- + + +Author +------ +Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki +<yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org> + +Documentation +-------------- +Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. + +GIT +--- +Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite |