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diff --git a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt index 000ee8dba2..86a4b32f0f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt @@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ post-update hooks found in the Documentation/howto directory. option, which tells it if updates to a ref should be denied if they are not fast-forwards. +A number of other receive.* config options are available to tweak +its behavior, see linkgit:git-config[1]. + OPTIONS ------- <directory>:: @@ -111,6 +114,8 @@ will be performed, and the update, post-receive and post-update hooks will not be invoked either. This can be useful to quickly bail out if the update is not to be supported. +See the notes on the quarantine environment below. + update Hook ----------- Before each ref is updated, if $GIT_DIR/hooks/update file exists @@ -211,6 +216,33 @@ if the repository is packed and is served via a dumb transport. exec git update-server-info +Quarantine Environment +---------------------- + +When `receive-pack` takes in objects, they are placed into a temporary +"quarantine" directory within the `$GIT_DIR/objects` directory and +migrated into the main object store only after the `pre-receive` hook +has completed. If the push fails before then, the temporary directory is +removed entirely. + +This has a few user-visible effects and caveats: + + 1. Pushes which fail due to problems with the incoming pack, missing + objects, or due to the `pre-receive` hook will not leave any + on-disk data. This is usually helpful to prevent repeated failed + pushes from filling up your disk, but can make debugging more + challenging. + + 2. Any objects created by the `pre-receive` hook will be created in + the quarantine directory (and migrated only if it succeeds). + + 3. The `pre-receive` hook MUST NOT update any refs to point to + quarantined objects. Other programs accessing the repository will + not be able to see the objects (and if the pre-receive hook fails, + those refs would become corrupted). For safety, any ref updates + from within `pre-receive` are automatically rejected. + + SEE ALSO -------- linkgit:git-send-pack[1], linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] |