NAME
----
-git-daemon - A really simple server for git repositories.
+git-daemon - A really simple server for git repositories
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-daemon' [--verbose] [--syslog] [--inetd | --port=n]
+[verse]
+'git-daemon' [--verbose] [--syslog] [--inetd | --port=n] [--export-all]
+ [--timeout=n] [--init-timeout=n] [--strict-paths]
+ [--base-path=path] [--user-path | --user-path=path]
+ [--reuseaddr] [--detach] [--pid-file=file]
+ [--user=user [--group=group]] [directory...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
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
-for export this way.
+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
+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
-------
+--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
+ 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
+ '--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'.
+
+--export-all::
+ Allow pulling from all directories that look like GIT repositories
+ (have the 'objects' and 'refs' subdirectories), even if they
+ do not have the 'git-daemon-export-ok' file.
+
--inetd::
- Have the server run as an inetd service.
+ Have the server run as an inetd service. Implies --syslog.
--port::
Listen on an alternative port.
+--init-timeout::
+ Timeout between the moment the connection is established and the
+ client request is received (typically a rather low value, since
+ that should be basically immediate).
+
+--timeout::
+ Timeout for specific client sub-requests. This includes the time
+ it takes for the server to process the sub-request and time spent
+ waiting for next client's request.
+
--syslog::
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::
+ 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
+ 'foo' repository in the home directory of user `alice`.
+ If `--user-path=path` is specified, the same request is
+ taken as a request to access `path/foo` repository in
+ the home directory of user `alice`.
+
--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'.
+
+--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 option are given to `getpwnam(3)` and `getgrnam(3)`
+ and numeric IDs are not supported.
++
+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.
+
+<directory>::
+ A directory to add to the whitelist of allowed directories. Unless
+ --strict-paths is specified this will also include subdirectories
+ of each named directory.
+
Author
------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
+Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki
+<yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>
Documentation
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