|  | git-shell(1) | 
|  | ============ | 
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|  | NAME | 
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|  | git-shell - Restricted login shell for Git-only SSH access | 
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|  | SYNOPSIS | 
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|  | [verse] | 
|  | 'git shell' [-c <command> <argument>] | 
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|  | DESCRIPTION | 
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|  | A login shell for SSH accounts to provide restricted Git access. When | 
|  | '-c' is given, the program executes <command> non-interactively; | 
|  | <command> can be one of 'git receive-pack', 'git upload-pack', 'git | 
|  | upload-archive', 'cvs server', or a command in COMMAND_DIR. The shell | 
|  | is started in interactive mode when no arguments are given; in this | 
|  | case, COMMAND_DIR must exist, and any of the executables in it can be | 
|  | invoked. | 
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|  | 'cvs server' is a special command which executes git-cvsserver. | 
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|  | COMMAND_DIR is the path "$HOME/git-shell-commands". The user must have | 
|  | read and execute permissions to the directory in order to execute the | 
|  | programs in it. The programs are executed with a cwd of $HOME, and | 
|  | <argument> is parsed as a command-line string. | 
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|  | GIT | 
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|  | Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |