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   1git-shell(1)
   2============
   3
   4NAME
   5----
   6git-shell - Restricted login shell for GIT-only SSH access
   7
   8
   9SYNOPSIS
  10--------
  11'$(git --exec-path)/git-shell' -c <command> <argument>
  12
  13DESCRIPTION
  14-----------
  15This is meant to be used as a login shell for SSH accounts you want
  16to restrict to GIT pull/push access only. It permits execution only
  17of server-side GIT commands implementing the pull/push functionality.
  18The commands can be executed only by the '-c' option; the shell is not
  19interactive.
  20
  21Currently, only four commands are permitted to be called, 'git-receive-pack'
  22'git-upload-pack' and 'git-upload-archive' with a single required argument, or
  23'cvs server' (to invoke 'git-cvsserver').
  24
  25Author
  26------
  27Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
  28
  29Documentation
  30--------------
  31Documentation by Petr Baudis and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
  32
  33GIT
  34---
  35Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite