NAME
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-git-daemon - A really simple server for git repositories.
+git-daemon - A really simple server for git repositories
SYNOPSIS
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'git-daemon' [--verbose] [--syslog] [--inetd | --port=n] [--export-all]
[--timeout=n] [--init-timeout=n] [--strict-paths]
[--base-path=path] [--user-path | --user-path=path]
- [directory...]
+ [--reuseaddr] [--detach] [--pid-file=file] [directory...]
DESCRIPTION
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when it gets one.
It's careful in that there's a magic request-line that gives the command and
-what directory to upload, and it verifies that the directory is ok.
+what directory to upload, and it verifies that the directory is OK.
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
pass some directory paths as 'git-daemon' arguments, you can further restrict
the offers to a whitelist comprising of those.
-This is ideally suited for read-only updates, ie pulling from git repositories.
+This is ideally suited for read-only updates, i.e., pulling from git repositories.
OPTIONS
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--verbose::
Log details about the incoming connections and requested files.
+--reuseaddr::
+ Use SO_REUSEADDR when binding the listening socket.
+ This allows the server to restart without waiting for
+ old connections to time out.
+
+--detach::
+ Detach from the shell. Implies --syslog.
+
+--pid-file=file::
+ Save the process id in 'file'.
+
<directory>::
A directory to add to the whitelist of allowed directories. Unless
--strict-paths is specified this will also include subdirectories