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diff --git a/Documentation/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt b/Documentation/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt index ba191569af..981cbddc86 100644 --- a/Documentation/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt +++ b/Documentation/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt @@ -1,6 +1,10 @@ From: Rutger Nijlunsing <rutger@nospam.com> -Subject: Setting up a git repository which can be pushed into and pulled from over HTTP. +Subject: Setting up a Git repository which can be pushed into and pulled from over HTTP(S). Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 22:00:26 +0200 +Content-type: text/asciidoc + +How to setup Git server over http +================================= Since Apache is one of those packages people like to compile themselves while others prefer the bureaucrat's dream Debian, it is @@ -40,19 +44,23 @@ What's needed: - have permissions to chown a directory -- have git installed at the server _and_ client +- have Git installed on the client, and + +- either have Git installed on the server or have a webdav client on + the client. -In effect, this probably means you're going to be root. +In effect, this means you're going to be root, or that you're using a +preconfigured WebDAV server. -Step 1: setup a bare GIT repository +Step 1: setup a bare Git repository ----------------------------------- -At the time of writing, git-http-push cannot remotely create a GIT -repository. So we have to do that at the server side with git. Another -option would be to generate an empty repository at the client and copy -it to the server with WebDAV. But then you're probably the first to -try that out :) +At the time of writing, git-http-push cannot remotely create a Git +repository. So we have to do that at the server side with Git. Another +option is to generate an empty bare repository at the client and copy +it to the server with a WebDAV client (which is the only option if Git +is not installed on the server). Create the directory under the DocumentRoot of the directories served by Apache. As an example we take /usr/local/apache2, but try "grep @@ -70,11 +78,11 @@ DocumentRoot /where/ever/httpd.conf" to find your root: Initialize a bare repository $ cd my-new-repo.git - $ git --bare init-db + $ git --bare init -Change the ownership to your web-server's credentials. Use "grep ^User -httpd.conf" and "grep ^Group httpd.conf" to find out: +Change the ownership to your web-server's credentials. Use `"grep ^User +httpd.conf"` and `"grep ^Group httpd.conf"` to find out: $ chown -R www.www . @@ -139,7 +147,7 @@ Then, add something like this to your httpd.conf Require valid-user </Location> - Debian automatically reads all files under /etc/apach2/conf.d. + Debian automatically reads all files under /etc/apache2/conf.d. The password file can be somewhere else, but it has to be readable by Apache and preferably not readable by the world. @@ -169,7 +177,9 @@ On Debian: Most tests should pass. -A command line tool to test WebDAV is cadaver. +A command line tool to test WebDAV is cadaver. If you prefer GUIs, for +example, konqueror can open WebDAV URLs as "webdav://..." or +"webdavs://...". If you're into Windows, from XP onwards Internet Explorer supports WebDAV. For this, do Internet Explorer -> Open Location -> @@ -179,8 +189,9 @@ http://<servername>/my-new-repo.git [x] Open as webfolder -> login . Step 3: setup the client ------------------------ -Make sure that you have HTTP support, i.e. your git was built with curl. -The easiest way to check is to look for the executable 'git-http-push'. +Make sure that you have HTTP support, i.e. your Git was built with +libcurl (version more recent than 7.10). The command 'git http-push' with +no argument should display a usage message. Then, add the following to your $HOME/.netrc (you can do without, but will be asked to input your password a _lot_ of times): @@ -197,15 +208,15 @@ instead of the server name. To check whether all is OK, do: - curl --netrc --location -v http://<username>@<servername>/my-new-repo.git/ - -...this should give a directory listing in HTML of /var/www/my-new-repo.git . + curl --netrc --location -v http://<username>@<servername>/my-new-repo.git/HEAD +...this should give something like 'ref: refs/heads/master', which is +the content of the file HEAD on the server. Now, add the remote in your existing repository which contains the project you want to export: - $ git-repo-config remote.upload.url \ + $ git-config remote.upload.url \ http://<username>@<servername>/my-new-repo.git/ It is important to put the last '/'; Without it, the server will send @@ -222,7 +233,16 @@ From your client repository, do This pushes branch 'master' (which is assumed to be the branch you want to export) to repository called 'upload', which we previously -defined with git-repo-config. +defined with git-config. + + +Using a proxy: +-------------- + +If you have to access the WebDAV server from behind an HTTP(S) proxy, +set the variable 'all_proxy' to 'http://proxy-host.com:port', or +'http://login-on-proxy:passwd-on-proxy@proxy-host.com:port'. See 'man +curl' for details. Troubleshooting: @@ -248,9 +268,14 @@ Reading /usr/local/apache2/logs/error_log is often helpful. On Debian: Read /var/log/apache2/error.log instead. +If you access HTTPS locations, Git may fail verifying the SSL +certificate (this is return code 60). Setting http.sslVerify=false can +help diagnosing the problem, but removes security checks. + Debian References: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/285 Authors Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> Rutger Nijlunsing <git@wingding.demon.nl> + Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> |