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diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt b/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt index 277d9e141b..d422ba4b59 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ and the backwards-compatible dumb HTTP protocol, as well as clients pushing using the smart HTTP protocol. It verifies that the directory has the magic file -"git-daemon-export-ok", and it will refuse to export any git directory +"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 GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL environmental variable is set). @@ -80,7 +80,30 @@ ScriptAlias /git/ /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- + To enable anonymous read access but authenticated write access, -require authorization with a LocationMatch directive: +require authorization for both the initial ref advertisement (which we +detect as a push via the service parameter in the query string), and the +receive-pack invocation itself: ++ +---------------------------------------------------------------- +RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} service=git-receive-pack [OR] +RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /git-receive-pack$ +RewriteRule ^/git/ - [E=AUTHREQUIRED:yes] + +<LocationMatch "^/git/"> + Order Deny,Allow + Deny from env=AUTHREQUIRED + + AuthType Basic + AuthName "Git Access" + Require group committers + Satisfy Any + ... +</LocationMatch> +---------------------------------------------------------------- ++ +If you do not have `mod_rewrite` available to match against the query +string, it is sufficient to just protect `git-receive-pack` itself, +like: + ---------------------------------------------------------------- <LocationMatch "^/git/.*/git-receive-pack$"> @@ -91,6 +114,15 @@ require authorization with a LocationMatch directive: </LocationMatch> ---------------------------------------------------------------- + +In this mode, the server will not request authentication until the +client actually starts the object negotiation phase of the push, rather +than during the initial contact. For this reason, you must also enable +the `http.receivepack` config option in any repositories that should +accept a push. The default behavior, if `http.receivepack` is not set, +is to reject any pushes by unauthenticated users; the initial request +will therefore report `403 Forbidden` to the client, without even giving +an opportunity for authentication. ++ To require authentication for both reads and writes, use a Location directive around the repository, or one of its parent directories: + @@ -119,6 +151,14 @@ ScriptAliasMatch \ ScriptAlias /git/ /var/www/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- ++ +To serve multiple repositories from different linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] in a +single repository: ++ +---------------------------------------------------------------- +SetEnvIf Request_URI "^/git/([^/]*)" GIT_NAMESPACE=$1 +ScriptAliasMatch ^/git/[^/]*(.*) /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend/storage.git$1 +---------------------------------------------------------------- Accelerated static Apache 2.x:: Similar to the above, but Apache can be used to return static @@ -150,6 +190,54 @@ ScriptAliasMatch \ ScriptAlias /git/ /var/www/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- +Lighttpd:: + Ensure that `mod_cgi`, `mod_alias`, `mod_auth`, `mod_setenv` are + loaded, then set `GIT_PROJECT_ROOT` appropriately and redirect + all requests to the CGI: ++ +---------------------------------------------------------------- +alias.url += ( "/git" => "/usr/lib/git-core/git-http-backend" ) +$HTTP["url"] =~ "^/git" { + cgi.assign = ("" => "") + setenv.add-environment = ( + "GIT_PROJECT_ROOT" => "/var/www/git", + "GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL" => "" + ) +} +---------------------------------------------------------------- ++ +To enable anonymous read access but authenticated write access: ++ +---------------------------------------------------------------- +$HTTP["querystring"] =~ "service=git-receive-pack" { + include "git-auth.conf" +} +$HTTP["url"] =~ "^/git/.*/git-receive-pack$" { + include "git-auth.conf" +} +---------------------------------------------------------------- ++ +where `git-auth.conf` looks something like: ++ +---------------------------------------------------------------- +auth.require = ( + "/" => ( + "method" => "basic", + "realm" => "Git Access", + "require" => "valid-user" + ) +) +# ...and set up auth.backend here +---------------------------------------------------------------- ++ +To require authentication for both reads and writes: ++ +---------------------------------------------------------------- +$HTTP["url"] =~ "^/git/private" { + include "git-auth.conf" +} +---------------------------------------------------------------- + ENVIRONMENT ----------- @@ -175,14 +263,6 @@ 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 |