Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.4.2-g7bbf
diff --git a/git-daemon.txt b/git-daemon.txt index 17619a3..741f2c6 100644 --- a/git-daemon.txt +++ b/git-daemon.txt
@@ -11,17 +11,16 @@ 'git-daemon' [--verbose] [--syslog] [--inetd | --port=n] [--export-all] [--timeout=n] [--init-timeout=n] [--strict-paths] [--base-path=path] [--user-path | --user-path=path] - [--reuseaddr] [--detach] [--pid-file=file] - [--user=user [--group=group]] [directory...] + [--enable=service] [--disable=service] + [--allow-override=service] [--forbid-override=service] + [--reuseaddr] [--detach] [--pid-file=file] + [--user=user [--group=group]] [directory...] DESCRIPTION ----------- A really simple TCP git daemon that normally listens on port "DEFAULT_GIT_PORT" -aka 9418. It waits for a connection, and will just execute "git-upload-pack" -when it gets one. - -It's careful in that there's a magic request-line that gives the command and -what directory to upload, and it verifies that the directory is OK. +aka 9418. It waits for a connection asking for a service, and will serve +that service if it is enabled. It verifies that the directory has the magic file "git-daemon-export-ok", and it will refuse to export any git directory that hasn't explicitly been marked @@ -29,7 +28,12 @@ pass some directory paths as 'git-daemon' arguments, you can further restrict the offers to a whitelist comprising of those. -This is ideally suited for read-only updates, i.e., pulling from git repositories. +By default, only `upload-pack` service is enabled, which serves +`git-fetch-pack` and `git-peek-remote` clients that are invoked +from `git-fetch`, `git-ls-remote`, and `git-clone`. + +This is ideally suited for read-only updates, i.e., pulling from +git repositories. OPTIONS ------- @@ -105,11 +109,32 @@ the facility of inet daemon to achieve the same before spawning `git-daemon` if needed. +--enable-service, --disable-service:: + Enable/disable the service site-wide per default. Note + that a service disabled site-wide can still be enabled + per repository if it is marked overridable and the + repository enables the service with an configuration + item. + +--allow-override, --forbid-override:: + Allow/forbid overriding the site-wide default with per + repository configuration. By default, all the services + are overridable. + <directory>:: A directory to add to the whitelist of allowed directories. Unless --strict-paths is specified this will also include subdirectories of each named directory. +SERVICES +-------- + +upload-pack:: + This serves `git-fetch-pack` and `git-peek-remote` + clients. It is enabled by default, but a repository can + disable it by setting `daemon.uploadpack` configuration + item to `false`. + Author ------ Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki
