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diff --git a/Documentation/git-shell.txt b/Documentation/git-shell.txt index c35051ba58..11361f33e9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-shell.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-shell.txt @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ named `git-shell-commands` in the user's home directory. COMMANDS -------- -'git shell' accepts the following commands after the '-c' option: +'git shell' accepts the following commands after the `-c` option: 'git receive-pack <argument>':: 'git upload-pack <argument>':: @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ directory. INTERACTIVE USE --------------- -By default, the commands above can be executed only with the '-c' +By default, the commands above can be executed only with the `-c` option; the shell is not interactive. If a `~/git-shell-commands` directory is present, 'git shell' @@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ permissions. If a `no-interactive-login` command exists, then it is run and the interactive shell is aborted. -EXAMPLE -------- +EXAMPLES +-------- To disable interactive logins, displaying a greeting instead: -+ + ---------------- $ chsh -s /usr/bin/git-shell $ mkdir $HOME/git-shell-commands @@ -79,6 +79,22 @@ EOF $ chmod +x $HOME/git-shell-commands/no-interactive-login ---------------- +To enable git-cvsserver access (which should generally have the +`no-interactive-login` example above as a prerequisite, as creating +the git-shell-commands directory allows interactive logins): + +---------------- +$ cat >$HOME/git-shell-commands/cvs <<\EOF +if ! test $# = 1 && test "$1" = "server" +then + echo >&2 "git-cvsserver only handles \"server\"" + exit 1 +fi +exec git cvsserver server +EOF +$ chmod +x $HOME/git-shell-commands/cvs +---------------- + SEE ALSO -------- ssh(1), |