Merge branch 'maint' into HEAD

diff --git a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
index 993adc7c5adf63f144d7ce257a670363abe18322..99e47c9c257d7bb1de78729460069b5c4ebc47dd 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ OPTIONS
        'git://example.com/hello.git', `git-daemon` will interpret the path
        as '/srv/git/hello.git'.
 
+--base-path-relaxed::
+       If --base-path is enabled and repo lookup fails, with this option
+       `git-daemon` will attempt to lookup without prefixing the base path.
+       This is useful for switching to --base-path usage, while still
+       allowing the old paths.
+
 --interpolated-path=pathtemplate::
        To support virtual hosting, an interpolated path template can be
        used to dynamically construct alternate paths.  The template
@@ -118,7 +124,8 @@ OPTIONS
        Detach from the shell. Implies --syslog.
 
 --pid-file=file::
-       Save the process id in 'file'.
+       Save the process id in 'file'.  Ignored when the daemon
+       is run under `--inetd`.
 
 --user=user, --group=group::
        Change daemon's uid and gid before entering the service loop.
@@ -131,14 +138,14 @@ Giving these options is an error when used with `--inetd`; use
 the facility of inet daemon to achieve the same before spawning
 `git-daemon` if needed.
 
---enable-service, --disable-service::
+--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-override=service, --forbid-override=service::
        Allow/forbid overriding the site-wide default with per
        repository configuration.  By default, all the services
        are overridable.
@@ -151,6 +158,13 @@ the facility of inet daemon to achieve the same before spawning
 SERVICES
 --------
 
+These services can be globally enabled/disabled using the
+command line options of this command.  If a finer-grained
+control is desired (e.g. to allow `git-archive` to be run
+against only in a few selected repositories the daemon serves),
+the per-repository configuration file can be used to enable or
+disable them.
+
 upload-pack::
        This serves `git-fetch-pack` and `git-peek-remote`
        clients.  It is enabled by default, but a repository can
@@ -158,7 +172,19 @@ upload-pack::
        item to `false`.
 
 upload-archive::
-       This serves `git-archive --remote`.
+       This serves `git-archive --remote`.  It is disabled by
+       default, but a repository can enable it by setting
+       `daemon.uploadarchive` configuration item to `true`.
+
+receive-pack::
+       This serves `git-send-pack` clients, allowing anonymous
+       push.  It is disabled by default, as there is _no_
+       authentication in the protocol (in other words, anybody
+       can push anything into the repository, including removal
+       of refs).  This is solely meant for a closed LAN setting
+       where everybody is friendly.  This service can be
+       enabled by `daemon.receivepack` configuration item to
+       `true`.
 
 EXAMPLES
 --------
@@ -222,6 +248,18 @@ a subdirectory for each virtual host IP address supported.
 Repositories can still be accessed by hostname though, assuming
 they correspond to these IP addresses.
 
+selectively enable/disable services per repository::
+       To enable `git-archive --remote` and disable `git-fetch` against
+       a repository, have the following in the configuration file in the
+       repository (that is the file 'config' next to 'HEAD', 'refs' and
+       'objects').
++
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+       [daemon]
+               uploadpack = false
+               uploadarchive = true
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+
 
 Author
 ------
@@ -235,4 +273,3 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
-