Documentation/git-status: clarify status table for porcelain mode

diff --git a/Documentation/git-shell.txt b/Documentation/git-shell.txt
index e4bdd2235ca4ea9b853e1b568203411da1cc3b84..54cf2560bebbfc538644c636f696d4e500f1d852 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-shell.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-shell.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ named `git-shell-commands` in the user's home directory.
 COMMANDS
 --------
 
-'git shell' accepts the following commands after the '-c' option:
+'git shell' accepts the following commands after the `-c` option:
 
 'git receive-pack <argument>'::
 'git upload-pack <argument>'::
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ directory.
 INTERACTIVE USE
 ---------------
 
-By default, the commands above can be executed only with the '-c'
+By default, the commands above can be executed only with the `-c`
 option; the shell is not interactive.
 
 If a `~/git-shell-commands` directory is present, 'git shell'
@@ -79,6 +79,22 @@ EOF
 $ chmod +x $HOME/git-shell-commands/no-interactive-login
 ----------------
 
+To enable git-cvsserver access (which should generally have the
+`no-interactive-login` example above as a prerequisite, as creating
+the git-shell-commands directory allows interactive logins):
+
+----------------
+$ cat >$HOME/git-shell-commands/cvs <<\EOF
+if ! test $# = 1 && test "$1" = "server"
+then
+       echo >&2 "git-cvsserver only handles \"server\""
+       exit 1
+fi
+exec git cvsserver server
+EOF
+$ chmod +x $HOME/git-shell-commands/cvs
+----------------
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 ssh(1),