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diff --git a/Documentation/git-shell.txt b/Documentation/git-shell.txt index 0f3ad811cf..6403126a02 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-shell.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-shell.txt @@ -3,24 +3,30 @@ git-shell(1) NAME ---- -git-shell - Restricted login shell for GIT-only SSH access +git-shell - Restricted login shell for Git-only SSH access SYNOPSIS -------- -'$(git --exec-path)/git-shell' -c <command> <argument> +'git shell' [-c <command> <argument>] DESCRIPTION ----------- -This is meant to be used as a login shell for SSH accounts you want -to restrict to GIT pull/push access only. It permits execution only -of server-side GIT commands implementing the pull/push functionality. -The commands can be executed only by the '-c' option; the shell is not -interactive. - -Currently, only four commands are permitted to be called, 'git-receive-pack' -'git-upload-pack' and 'git-upload-archive' with a single required argument, or -'cvs server' (to invoke 'git-cvsserver'). + +A login shell for SSH accounts to provide restricted Git access. When +'-c' is given, the program executes <command> non-interactively; +<command> can be one of 'git receive-pack', 'git upload-pack', 'git +upload-archive', 'cvs server', or a command in COMMAND_DIR. The shell +is started in interactive mode when no arguments are given; in this +case, COMMAND_DIR must exist, and any of the executables in it can be +invoked. + +'cvs server' is a special command which executes git-cvsserver. + +COMMAND_DIR is the path "$HOME/git-shell-commands". The user must have +read and execute permissions to the directory in order to execute the +programs in it. The programs are executed with a cwd of $HOME, and +<argument> is parsed as a command-line string. Author ------ |