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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 622ee5c8dd..7f4943e102 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(S). +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 @@ -40,20 +44,20 @@ What's needed: - have permissions to chown a directory -- have git installed on the client, and +- have Git installed on the client, and -- either have git installed on the server or have a webdav client on +- either have Git installed on the server or have a webdav client on the client. 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 +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). @@ -185,7 +189,7 @@ 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 +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. @@ -264,7 +268,7 @@ 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 +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. |