1git-shell(1) 2============ 3 4NAME 5---- 6git-shell - Restricted login shell for GIT-only SSH access 7 8 9SYNOPSIS 10-------- 11'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 the `git-receive-pack` and `git-upload-pack` commands 22are permitted to be called, with a single required argument. 23 24Author 25------ 26Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> 27 28Documentation 29-------------- 30Documentation by Petr Baudis and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. 31 32GIT 33--- 34Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite 35