SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git-daemon' [--verbose] [--syslog] [--export-all]
- [--timeout=n] [--init-timeout=n] [--strict-paths]
- [--base-path=path] [--user-path | --user-path=path]
- [--interpolated-path=pathtemplate]
- [--reuseaddr] [--detach] [--pid-file=file]
- [--enable=service] [--disable=service]
+'git daemon' [--verbose] [--syslog] [--export-all]
+ [--timeout=n] [--init-timeout=n] [--strict-paths]
+ [--base-path=path] [--user-path | --user-path=path]
+ [--interpolated-path=pathtemplate]
+ [--reuseaddr] [--detach] [--pid-file=file]
+ [--enable=service] [--disable=service]
[--allow-override=service] [--forbid-override=service]
[--inetd | [--listen=host_or_ipaddr] [--port=n] [--user=user [--group=group]]
[directory...]
It verifies that the directory has the magic file "git-daemon-export-ok", and
it will refuse to export any git directory that hasn't explicitly been marked
for export this way (unless the '--export-all' parameter is specified). If you
-pass some directory paths as 'git-daemon' arguments, you can further restrict
+pass some directory paths as `git-daemon` arguments, you can further restrict
the offers to a whitelist comprising of those.
By default, only `upload-pack` service is enabled, which serves
-`git-fetch-pack` and `git-peek-remote` clients that are invoked
-from `git-fetch`, `git-ls-remote`, and `git-clone`.
+`git-fetch-pack` and `git-ls-remote` clients, which are invoked
+from `git-fetch`, `git-pull`, and `git-clone`.
This is ideally suited for read-only updates, i.e., pulling from
git repositories.
--strict-paths::
Match paths exactly (i.e. don't allow "/foo/repo" when the real path is
"/foo/repo.git" or "/foo/repo/.git") and don't do user-relative paths.
- git-daemon will refuse to start when this option is enabled and no
+ `git-daemon` will refuse to start when this option is enabled and no
whitelist is specified.
--base-path::
Remap all the path requests as relative to the given path.
- This is sort of "GIT root" - if you run git-daemon with
+ This is sort of "GIT root" - if you run `git-daemon` with
'--base-path=/srv/git' on example.com, then if you later try to pull
'git://example.com/hello.git', `git-daemon` will interpret the path
as '/srv/git/hello.git'.
Log to syslog instead of stderr. Note that this option does not imply
--verbose, thus by default only error conditions will be logged.
---user-path, --user-path=path::
+--user-path::
+--user-path=path::
Allow ~user notation to be used in requests. When
specified with no parameter, requests to
git://host/~alice/foo is taken as a request to access
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::
+--user=user::
+--group=group::
Change daemon's uid and gid before entering the service loop.
When only `--user` is given without `--group`, the
primary group ID for the user is used. The values of
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=service, --forbid-override=service::
+--allow-override=service::
+--forbid-override=service::
Allow/forbid overriding the site-wide default with per
repository configuration. By default, all the services
are overridable.
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`
+ This serves `git-fetch-pack` and `git-ls-remote`
clients. It is enabled by default, but a repository can
disable it by setting `daemon.uploadpack` configuration
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.uploadarch` 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
--------
git 9418/tcp # Git Version Control System
------------
-git-daemon as inetd server::
+`git-daemon` as inetd server::
To set up `git-daemon` as an inetd service that handles any
repository under the whitelisted set of directories, /pub/foo
and /pub/bar, place an entry like the following into
/etc/inetd all on one line:
+
------------------------------------------------
- git stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/bin/git-daemon
- git-daemon --inetd --verbose --export-all
+ git stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/bin/git
+ git daemon --inetd --verbose --export-all
/pub/foo /pub/bar
------------------------------------------------
-git-daemon as inetd server for virtual hosts::
+`git-daemon` as inetd server for virtual hosts::
To set up `git-daemon` as an inetd service that handles
repositories for different virtual hosts, `www.example.com`
and `www.example.org`, place an entry like the following into
`/etc/inetd` all on one line:
+
------------------------------------------------
- git stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/bin/git-daemon
- git-daemon --inetd --verbose --export-all
+ git stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/bin/git
+ git daemon --inetd --verbose --export-all
--interpolated-path=/pub/%H%D
/pub/www.example.org/software
/pub/www.example.com/software
default repository could be made as well.
-git-daemon as regular daemon for virtual hosts::
+`git-daemon` as regular daemon for virtual hosts::
To set up `git-daemon` as a regular, non-inetd service that
handles repositories for multiple virtual hosts based on
their IP addresses, start the daemon like this:
+
------------------------------------------------
- git-daemon --verbose --export-all
+ git daemon --verbose --export-all
--interpolated-path=/pub/%IP/%D
/pub/192.168.1.200/software
/pub/10.10.220.23/software
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
+ uploadarch = true
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+
Author
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GIT
---
-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite