From b9af4ab3cd33f699ea2a978acb83dbddf07900e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Lodato Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:47:36 -0700 Subject: http-backend: reword some documentation Clarify some of the git-http-backend documentation, particularly: * In the Description, state that smart/dumb HTTP fetch and smart HTTP push are supported, state that authenticated clients allow push, and remove the note that this is only suited for read-only updates. * At the start of Examples, state explicitly what URL is mapping to what location on disk. Signed-off-by: Mark Lodato Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-http-backend.txt | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt b/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt index 99dbbfb966..0b5e9515a1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt @@ -14,13 +14,15 @@ DESCRIPTION ----------- A simple CGI program to serve the contents of a Git repository to Git clients accessing the repository over http:// and https:// protocols. +The program supports clients fetching using both the smart HTTP protcol +and the backwards-compatible dumb HTTP protocol, as well as clients +pushing using the smart HTTP protocol. By default, only the `upload-pack` service is enabled, which serves 'git-fetch-pack' and 'git-ls-remote' clients, which are invoked from -'git-fetch', 'git-pull', and 'git-clone'. - -This is ideally suited for read-only updates, i.e., pulling from -git repositories. +'git-fetch', 'git-pull', and 'git-clone'. If the client is authenticated, +the `receive-pack` service is enabled, which serves 'git-send-pack' +clients, which is invoked from 'git-push'. SERVICES -------- @@ -50,6 +52,8 @@ automatically by the web server. EXAMPLES -------- +All of the following examples map 'http://$hostname/git/foo/bar.git' +to '/var/www/git/foo/bar.git'. Apache 2.x:: Ensure mod_cgi, mod_alias, and mod_env are enabled, set -- cgit v1.2.3