Merge branch 'jk/diff-m-doc'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt b/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt
index 67aec067c8ffd75837ccc1d3e2524f5db2eb9a75..277d9e141bf81bddb4ba661e43763b7774a1417d 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt
@@ -8,21 +8,26 @@ git-http-backend - Server side implementation of Git over HTTP
 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
 --------
@@ -30,7 +35,7 @@ These services can be enabled/disabled using the per-repository
 configuration file:
 
 http.getanyfile::
-       This serves older Git clients which are unable to use the
+       This serves Git clients older than version 1.6.6 that are unable to use the
        upload pack service.  When enabled, clients are able to read
        any file within the repository, including objects that are
        no longer reachable from a branch but are still present.
@@ -38,12 +43,12 @@ http.getanyfile::
        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
@@ -51,11 +56,11 @@ http.receivepack::
 
 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
@@ -70,6 +75,7 @@ Apache 2.x::
 +
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 SetEnv GIT_PROJECT_ROOT /var/www/git
+SetEnv GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL
 ScriptAlias /git/ /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend/
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 +
@@ -98,7 +104,7 @@ directive around the repository, or one of its parent directories:
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 +
 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:
 +
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -147,7 +153,7 @@ ScriptAlias /git/ /var/www/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/
 
 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)
@@ -157,6 +163,10 @@ by the invoking web server, including:
 * 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