branch of the `git.git` repository.
Documentation for older releases are available here:
-* link:v1.8.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.2]
+* link:v1.8.2.1/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.2.1]
* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes/1.8.2.1.txt[1.8.2.1].
link:RelNotes/1.8.2.txt[1.8.2].
-* link:v1.8.1.5/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.1.5]
+* link:v1.8.1.6/git.html[documentation for release 1.8.1.6]
* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes/1.8.1.6.txt[1.8.1.6],
link:RelNotes/1.8.1.5.txt[1.8.1.5],
link:RelNotes/1.8.1.4.txt[1.8.1.4],
link:RelNotes/1.8.1.3.txt[1.8.1.3],
If this environment variable is set then 'git fetch'
and 'git push' will use this command instead
of 'ssh' when they need to connect to a remote system.
- The '$GIT_SSH' command will be given exactly two arguments:
- the 'username@host' (or just 'host') from the URL and the
- shell command to execute on that remote system.
+ The '$GIT_SSH' command will be given exactly two or
+ four arguments: the 'username@host' (or just 'host')
+ from the URL and the shell command to execute on that
+ remote system, optionally preceded by '-p' (literally) and
+ the 'port' from the URL when it specifies something other
+ than the default SSH port.
+
To pass options to the program that you want to list in GIT_SSH
you will need to wrap the program and options into a shell script,