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diff --git a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt index 77da564134..223f731523 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt @@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ SYNOPSIS [--reuseaddr] [--detach] [--pid-file=<file>] [--enable=<service>] [--disable=<service>] [--allow-override=<service>] [--forbid-override=<service>] - [--access-hook=<path>] - [--inetd | [--listen=<host_or_ipaddr>] [--port=<n>] [--user=<user> [--group=<group>]] + [--access-hook=<path>] [--[no-]informative-errors] + [--inetd | + [--listen=<host_or_ipaddr>] [--port=<n>] + [--user=<user> [--group=<group>]]] [<directory>...] DESCRIPTION @@ -147,6 +149,13 @@ 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>:: @@ -162,8 +171,7 @@ 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:: +--[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 |