1git-http-backend(1) 2=================== 3 4NAME 5---- 6git-http-backend - Server side implementation of Git over HTTP 7 8SYNOPSIS 9-------- 10[verse] 11'git http-backend' 12 13DESCRIPTION 14----------- 15A simple CGI program to serve the contents of a Git repository to Git 16clients accessing the repository over http:// and https:// protocols. 17The program supports clients fetching using both the smart HTTP protocol 18and the backwards-compatible dumb HTTP protocol, as well as clients 19pushing using the smart HTTP protocol. 20 21It verifies that the directory has the magic file 22"git-daemon-export-ok", and it will refuse to export any Git directory 23that hasn't explicitly been marked for export this way (unless the 24GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL environmental variable is set). 25 26By default, only the `upload-pack` service is enabled, which serves 27'git fetch-pack' and 'git ls-remote' clients, which are invoked from 28'git fetch', 'git pull', and 'git clone'. If the client is authenticated, 29the `receive-pack` service is enabled, which serves 'git send-pack' 30clients, which is invoked from 'git push'. 31 32SERVICES 33-------- 34These services can be enabled/disabled using the per-repository 35configuration file: 36 37http.getanyfile:: 38 This serves Git clients older than version 1.6.6 that are unable to use the 39 upload pack service. When enabled, clients are able to read 40 any file within the repository, including objects that are 41 no longer reachable from a branch but are still present. 42 It is enabled by default, but a repository can disable it 43 by setting this configuration item to `false`. 44 45http.uploadpack:: 46 This serves 'git fetch-pack' and 'git ls-remote' clients. 47 It is enabled by default, but a repository can disable it 48 by setting this configuration item to `false`. 49 50http.receivepack:: 51 This serves 'git send-pack' clients, allowing push. It is 52 disabled by default for anonymous users, and enabled by 53 default for users authenticated by the web server. It can be 54 disabled by setting this item to `false`, or enabled for all 55 users, including anonymous users, by setting it to `true`. 56 57URL TRANSLATION 58--------------- 59To determine the location of the repository on disk, 'git http-backend' 60concatenates the environment variables PATH_INFO, which is set 61automatically by the web server, and GIT_PROJECT_ROOT, which must be set 62manually in the web server configuration. If GIT_PROJECT_ROOT is not 63set, 'git http-backend' reads PATH_TRANSLATED, which is also set 64automatically by the web server. 65 66EXAMPLES 67-------- 68All of the following examples map 'http://$hostname/git/foo/bar.git' 69to '/var/www/git/foo/bar.git'. 70 71Apache 2.x:: 72 Ensure mod_cgi, mod_alias, and mod_env are enabled, set 73 GIT_PROJECT_ROOT (or DocumentRoot) appropriately, and 74 create a ScriptAlias to the CGI: 75+ 76---------------------------------------------------------------- 77SetEnv GIT_PROJECT_ROOT /var/www/git 78SetEnv GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL 79ScriptAlias /git/ /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend/ 80---------------------------------------------------------------- 81+ 82To enable anonymous read access but authenticated write access, 83require authorization with a LocationMatch directive: 84+ 85---------------------------------------------------------------- 86<LocationMatch "^/git/.*/git-receive-pack$"> 87 AuthType Basic 88 AuthName "Git Access" 89 Require group committers 90 ... 91</LocationMatch> 92---------------------------------------------------------------- 93+ 94In this mode, the server will not request authentication until the 95client actually starts the object negotiation phase of the push, rather 96than during the initial contact. For this reason, you must also enable 97the `http.receivepack` config option in any repositories that should 98accept a push. The default behavior, if `http.receivepack` is not set, 99is to reject any pushes by unauthenticated users; the initial request 100will therefore report `403 Forbidden` to the client, without even giving 101an opportunity for authentication. 102+ 103To require authentication for both reads and writes, use a Location 104directive around the repository, or one of its parent directories: 105+ 106---------------------------------------------------------------- 107<Location /git/private> 108 AuthType Basic 109 AuthName "Private Git Access" 110 Require group committers 111 ... 112</Location> 113---------------------------------------------------------------- 114+ 115To serve gitweb at the same url, use a ScriptAliasMatch to only 116those URLs that 'git http-backend' can handle, and forward the 117rest to gitweb: 118+ 119---------------------------------------------------------------- 120ScriptAliasMatch \ 121 "(?x)^/git/(.*/(HEAD | \ 122 info/refs | \ 123 objects/(info/[^/]+ | \ 124 [0-9a-f]{2}/[0-9a-f]{38} | \ 125 pack/pack-[0-9a-f]{40}\.(pack|idx)) | \ 126 git-(upload|receive)-pack))$" \ 127 /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend/$1 128 129ScriptAlias /git/ /var/www/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/ 130---------------------------------------------------------------- 131+ 132To serve multiple repositories from different linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] in a 133single repository: 134+ 135---------------------------------------------------------------- 136SetEnvIf Request_URI "^/git/([^/]*)" GIT_NAMESPACE=$1 137ScriptAliasMatch ^/git/[^/]*(.*) /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend/storage.git$1 138---------------------------------------------------------------- 139 140Accelerated static Apache 2.x:: 141 Similar to the above, but Apache can be used to return static 142 files that are stored on disk. On many systems this may 143 be more efficient as Apache can ask the kernel to copy the 144 file contents from the file system directly to the network: 145+ 146---------------------------------------------------------------- 147SetEnv GIT_PROJECT_ROOT /var/www/git 148 149AliasMatch ^/git/(.*/objects/[0-9a-f]{2}/[0-9a-f]{38})$ /var/www/git/$1 150AliasMatch ^/git/(.*/objects/pack/pack-[0-9a-f]{40}.(pack|idx))$ /var/www/git/$1 151ScriptAlias /git/ /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend/ 152---------------------------------------------------------------- 153+ 154This can be combined with the gitweb configuration: 155+ 156---------------------------------------------------------------- 157SetEnv GIT_PROJECT_ROOT /var/www/git 158 159AliasMatch ^/git/(.*/objects/[0-9a-f]{2}/[0-9a-f]{38})$ /var/www/git/$1 160AliasMatch ^/git/(.*/objects/pack/pack-[0-9a-f]{40}.(pack|idx))$ /var/www/git/$1 161ScriptAliasMatch \ 162 "(?x)^/git/(.*/(HEAD | \ 163 info/refs | \ 164 objects/info/[^/]+ | \ 165 git-(upload|receive)-pack))$" \ 166 /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend/$1 167ScriptAlias /git/ /var/www/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/ 168---------------------------------------------------------------- 169 170 171ENVIRONMENT 172----------- 173'git http-backend' relies upon the CGI environment variables set 174by the invoking web server, including: 175 176* PATH_INFO (if GIT_PROJECT_ROOT is set, otherwise PATH_TRANSLATED) 177* REMOTE_USER 178* REMOTE_ADDR 179* CONTENT_TYPE 180* QUERY_STRING 181* REQUEST_METHOD 182 183The GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL environmental variable may be passed to 184'git-http-backend' to bypass the check for the "git-daemon-export-ok" 185file in each repository before allowing export of that repository. 186 187The backend process sets GIT_COMMITTER_NAME to '$REMOTE_USER' and 188GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL to '$\{REMOTE_USER}@http.$\{REMOTE_ADDR\}', 189ensuring that any reflogs created by 'git-receive-pack' contain some 190identifying information of the remote user who performed the push. 191 192All CGI environment variables are available to each of the hooks 193invoked by the 'git-receive-pack'. 194 195Author 196------ 197Written by Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>. 198 199Documentation 200-------------- 201Documentation by Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>. 202 203GIT 204--- 205Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite