SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git-http-backend'
+'git http-backend'
DESCRIPTION
-----------
A simple CGI program to serve the contents of a Git repository to Git
clients accessing the repository over http:// and https:// protocols.
-The program supports clients fetching using both the smart HTTP protcol
+The program supports clients fetching using both the smart HTTP protocol
and the backwards-compatible dumb HTTP protocol, as well as clients
pushing using the smart HTTP protocol.
+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
+GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL environmental variable is set).
+
By default, only the `upload-pack` service is enabled, which serves
-'git-fetch-pack' and 'git-ls-remote' clients, which are invoked from
-'git-fetch', 'git-pull', and 'git-clone'. If the client is authenticated,
-the `receive-pack` service is enabled, which serves 'git-send-pack'
-clients, which is invoked from 'git-push'.
+'git fetch-pack' and 'git ls-remote' clients, which are invoked from
+'git fetch', 'git pull', and 'git clone'. If the client is authenticated,
+the `receive-pack` service is enabled, which serves 'git send-pack'
+clients, which is invoked from 'git push'.
SERVICES
--------
by setting this configuration item to `false`.
http.uploadpack::
- This serves 'git-fetch-pack' and 'git-ls-remote' clients.
+ This serves 'git fetch-pack' and 'git ls-remote' clients.
It is enabled by default, but a repository can disable it
by setting this configuration item to `false`.
http.receivepack::
- This serves 'git-send-pack' clients, allowing push. It is
+ This serves 'git send-pack' clients, allowing push. It is
disabled by default for anonymous users, and enabled by
default for users authenticated by the web server. It can be
disabled by setting this item to `false`, or enabled for all
URL TRANSLATION
---------------
-To determine the location of the repository on disk, 'git-http-backend'
+To determine the location of the repository on disk, 'git http-backend'
concatenates the environment variables PATH_INFO, which is set
automatically by the web server, and GIT_PROJECT_ROOT, which must be set
manually in the web server configuration. If GIT_PROJECT_ROOT is not
-set, 'git-http-backend' reads PATH_TRANSLATED, which is also set
+set, 'git http-backend' reads PATH_TRANSLATED, which is also set
automatically by the web server.
EXAMPLES
+
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SetEnv GIT_PROJECT_ROOT /var/www/git
+SetEnv GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL
ScriptAlias /git/ /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend/
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+
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+
To serve gitweb at the same url, use a ScriptAliasMatch to only
-those URLs that 'git-http-backend' can handle, and forward the
+those URLs that 'git http-backend' can handle, and forward the
rest to gitweb:
+
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ENVIRONMENT
-----------
-'git-http-backend' relies upon the CGI environment variables set
+'git http-backend' relies upon the CGI environment variables set
by the invoking web server, including:
* PATH_INFO (if GIT_PROJECT_ROOT is set, otherwise PATH_TRANSLATED)
* QUERY_STRING
* REQUEST_METHOD
+The GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL environmental variable may be passed to
+'git-http-backend' to bypass the check for the "git-daemon-export-ok"
+file in each repository before allowing export of that repository.
+
The backend process sets GIT_COMMITTER_NAME to '$REMOTE_USER' and
GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL to '$\{REMOTE_USER}@http.$\{REMOTE_ADDR\}',
ensuring that any reflogs created by 'git-receive-pack' contain some