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diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index bdab261515..25560f69ff 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ unreleased) version of Git, that is available from the 'master' branch of the `git.git` repository. Documentation for older releases are available here: +* link:v2.12.1/git.html[documentation for release 2.12.1] + +* release notes for + link:RelNotes/2.12.1.txt[2.12.1]. + link:RelNotes/2.12.0.txt[2.12]. + * link:v2.11.1/git.html[documentation for release 2.11.1] * release notes for @@ -1162,30 +1168,20 @@ of clones and fetches. cloning a repository to make a backup). `GIT_ALLOW_PROTOCOL`:: - If set, provide a colon-separated list of protocols which are - allowed to be used with fetch/push/clone. This is useful to - restrict recursive submodule initialization from an untrusted - repository. Any protocol not mentioned will be disallowed (i.e., - this is a whitelist, not a blacklist). If the variable is not - set at all, all protocols are enabled. The protocol names - currently used by git are: - - - `file`: any local file-based path (including `file://` URLs, - or local paths) - - - `git`: the anonymous git protocol over a direct TCP - connection (or proxy, if configured) - - - `ssh`: git over ssh (including `host:path` syntax, - `ssh://`, etc). - - - `http`: git over http, both "smart http" and "dumb http". - Note that this does _not_ include `https`; if you want both, - you should specify both as `http:https`. - - - any external helpers are named by their protocol (e.g., use - `hg` to allow the `git-remote-hg` helper) - + If set to a colon-separated list of protocols, behave as if + `protocol.allow` is set to `never`, and each of the listed + protocols has `protocol.<name>.allow` set to `always` + (overriding any existing configuration). In other words, any + protocol not mentioned will be disallowed (i.e., this is a + whitelist, not a blacklist). See the description of + `protocol.allow` in linkgit:git-config[1] for more details. + +`GIT_PROTOCOL_FROM_USER`:: + Set to 0 to prevent protocols used by fetch/push/clone which are + configured to the `user` state. This is useful to restrict recursive + submodule initialization from an untrusted repository or for programs + which feed potentially-untrusted URLS to git commands. See + linkgit:git-config[1] for more details. Discussion[[Discussion]] ------------------------ |