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git-daemon doc: update mark-up of synopsis option descriptions
To unify mark-up used in our documentation to a newer convention,
started by 22293895 (doc: apply synopsis simplification on git-clone
and git-init, 2024-09-24), update the documentation of 'git daemon'
to
* use [synopsis], not [verse] in the SYNOPSIS section
* enclose `--option=<value>` in backquotes
Also, split '--[no-]option' into '--option' and '--no-option'
to make it easier to grep for them.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Helped-by: Jean-Noël Avila <jn.avila@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Documentation/git-daemon.adoc
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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-
[verse]
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-
'git daemon' [--verbose] [--syslog] [--export-all]
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-
[--timeout=<n>] [--init-timeout=<n>] [--max-connections=<n>]
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-
[--strict-paths] [--base-path=<path>] [--base-path-relaxed]
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-
[--user-path | --user-path=<path>]
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-
[--interpolated-path=<pathtemplate>]
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-
[--reuseaddr] [--detach] [--pid-file=<file>]
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-
[--enable=<service>] [--disable=<service>]
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-
[--allow-override=<service>] [--forbid-override=<service>]
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-
[--access-hook=<path>] [--[no-]informative-errors]
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-
[--inetd |
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-
[--listen=<host-or-ipaddr>] [--port=<n>]
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-
[--user=<user> [--group=<group>]]]
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-
[--log-destination=(stderr|syslog|none)]
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-
[<directory>...]
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DESCRIPTION
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-----------
···
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It verifies that the directory has the magic file "git-daemon-export-ok", and
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it will refuse to export any Git directory that hasn't explicitly been marked
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for export this way (unless the `--export-all` parameter is specified). If you
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-
pass some directory paths as 'git daemon' arguments, the offers are limited to
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repositories within those directories.
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By default, only `upload-pack` service is enabled, which serves
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-
'git fetch-pack' and 'git ls-remote' clients, which are invoked
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-
from 'git fetch', 'git pull', and 'git clone'.
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This is ideally suited for read-only updates, i.e., pulling from
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Git repositories.
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-
An `upload-archive` also exists to serve 'git archive'.
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OPTIONS
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-------
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-
--strict-paths::
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Match paths exactly (i.e. don't allow "/foo/repo" when the real path is
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"/foo/repo.git" or "/foo/repo/.git") and don't do user-relative paths.
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-
'git daemon' will refuse to start when this option is enabled and no
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directory arguments are provided.
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-
--base-path=<path>::
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Remap all the path requests as relative to the given path.
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-
This is sort of "Git root" - if you run 'git daemon' with
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-
'--base-path=/srv/git' on example.com, then if you later try to pull
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-
'git://example.com/hello.git', 'git daemon' will interpret the path
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-
as `/srv/git/hello.git`.
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-
--base-path-relaxed::
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-
If --base-path is enabled and repo lookup fails, with this option
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-
'git daemon' will attempt to lookup without prefixing the base path.
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-
This is useful for switching to --base-path usage, while still
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allowing the old paths.
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-
--interpolated-path=<pathtemplate>::
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To support virtual hosting, an interpolated path template can be
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used to dynamically construct alternate paths. The template
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-
supports %H for the target hostname as supplied by the client but
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-
converted to all lowercase, %CH for the canonical hostname,
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-
%IP for the server's IP address, %P for the port number,
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-
and %D for the absolute path of the named repository.
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After interpolation, the path is validated against the directory
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list.
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-
--export-all::
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Allow pulling from all directories that look like Git repositories
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(have the 'objects' and 'refs' subdirectories), even if they
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-
do not have the 'git-daemon-export-ok' file.
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-
--inetd::
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-
Have the server run as an inetd service. Implies --syslog (may be
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-
overridden with `--log-destination=`).
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-
Incompatible with --detach, --port, --listen, --user and --group
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-
options.
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-
--listen=<host-or-ipaddr>::
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Listen on a specific IP address or hostname. IP addresses can
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be either an IPv4 address or an IPv6 address if supported. If IPv6
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-
is not supported, then --listen=<hostname> is also not supported and
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-
--listen must be given an IPv4 address.
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Can be given more than once.
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Incompatible with `--inetd` option.
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-
--port=<n>::
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Listen on an alternative port. Incompatible with `--inetd` option.
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-
--init-timeout=<n>::
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Timeout (in seconds) between the moment the connection is established
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and the client request is received (typically a rather low value, since
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that should be basically immediate).
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-
--timeout=<n>::
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Timeout (in seconds) for specific client sub-requests. This includes
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the time it takes for the server to process the sub-request and the
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time spent waiting for the next client's request.
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-
--max-connections=<n>::
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Maximum number of concurrent clients, defaults to 32. Set it to
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zero for no limit.
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-
--syslog::
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Short for `--log-destination=syslog`.
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-
--log-destination=<destination>::
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Send log messages to the specified destination.
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-
Note that this option does not imply --verbose,
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thus by default only error conditions will be logged.
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-
The <destination> must be one of:
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+
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--
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-
stderr::
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Write to standard error.
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Note that if `--detach` is specified,
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the process disconnects from the real standard error,
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making this destination effectively equivalent to `none`.
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-
syslog::
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Write to syslog, using the `git-daemon` identifier.
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-
none::
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Disable all logging.
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--
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+
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The default destination is `syslog` if `--inetd` or `--detach` is specified,
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otherwise `stderr`.
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-
--user-path::
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-
--user-path=<path>::
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Allow {tilde}user notation to be used in requests. When
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specified with no parameter, a request to
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git://host/{tilde}alice/foo is taken as a request to access
···
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taken as a request to access `<path>/foo` repository in
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the home directory of user `alice`.
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-
--verbose::
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Log details about the incoming connections and requested files.
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-
--reuseaddr::
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-
Use SO_REUSEADDR when binding the listening socket.
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This allows the server to restart without waiting for
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old connections to time out.
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-
--detach::
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-
Detach from the shell. Implies --syslog.
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-
--pid-file=<file>::
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-
Save the process id in 'file'. Ignored when the daemon
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is run under `--inetd`.
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-
--user=<user>::
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-
--group=<group>::
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Change daemon's uid and gid before entering the service loop.
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When only `--user` is given without `--group`, the
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primary group ID for the user is used. The values of
···
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+
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Giving these options is an error when used with `--inetd`; use
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the facility of inet daemon to achieve the same before spawning
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-
'git daemon' if needed.
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+
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Like many programs that switch user id, the daemon does not reset
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-
environment variables such as `$HOME` when it runs git programs,
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e.g. `upload-pack` and `receive-pack`. When using this option, you
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may also want to set and export `HOME` to point at the home
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-
directory of `<user>` before starting the daemon, and make sure any
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-
Git configuration files in that directory are readable by `<user>`.
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-
--enable=<service>::
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-
--disable=<service>::
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Enable/disable the service site-wide per default. Note
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that a service disabled site-wide can still be enabled
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per repository if it is marked overridable and the
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repository enables the service with a configuration
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item.
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-
--allow-override=<service>::
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-
--forbid-override=<service>::
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Allow/forbid overriding the site-wide default with per
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repository configuration. By default, all the services
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may be overridden.
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-
--[no-]informative-errors::
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When informative errors are turned on, git-daemon will report
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more verbose errors to the client, differentiating conditions
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like "no such repository" from "repository not exported". This
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is more convenient for clients, but may leak information about
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the existence of unexported repositories. When informative
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errors are not enabled, all errors report "access denied" to the
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-
client. The default is --no-informative-errors.
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-
--access-hook=<path>::
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Every time a client connects, first run an external command
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specified by the <path> with service name (e.g. "upload-pack"),
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-
path to the repository, hostname (%H), canonical hostname
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-
(%CH), IP address (%IP), and TCP port (%P) as its command-line
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arguments. The external command can decide to decline the
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service by exiting with a non-zero status (or to allow it by
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exiting with a zero status). It can also look at the $REMOTE_ADDR
···
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standard output to be sent to the requestor as an error message when
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it declines the service.
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-
<directory>::
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The remaining arguments provide a list of directories. If any
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directories are specified, then the `git-daemon` process will
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serve a requested directory only if it is contained in one of
···
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These services can be globally enabled/disabled using the
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command-line options of this command. If finer-grained
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-
control is desired (e.g. to allow 'git archive' to be run
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against only in a few selected repositories the daemon serves),
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the per-repository configuration file can be used to enable or
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disable them.
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upload-pack::
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-
This serves 'git fetch-pack' and 'git ls-remote'
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clients. It is enabled by default, but a repository can
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disable it by setting `daemon.uploadpack` configuration
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item to `false`.
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upload-archive::
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-
This serves 'git archive --remote'. It is disabled by
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default, but a repository can enable it by setting
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`daemon.uploadarch` configuration item to `true`.
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receive-pack::
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-
This serves 'git send-pack' clients, allowing anonymous
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push. It is disabled by default, as there is _no_
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authentication in the protocol (in other words, anybody
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can push anything into the repository, including removal
···
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'git daemon' as regular daemon for virtual hosts::
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-
To set up 'git daemon' as a regular, non-inetd service that
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handles repositories for multiple virtual hosts based on
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their IP addresses, start the daemon like this:
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+
···
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they correspond to these IP addresses.
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selectively enable/disable services per repository::
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-
To enable 'git archive --remote' and disable 'git fetch' against
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a repository, have the following in the configuration file in the
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repository (that is the file 'config' next to `HEAD`, 'refs' and
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'objects').
···
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ENVIRONMENT
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-----------
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-
'git daemon' will set REMOTE_ADDR to the IP address of the client
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-
that connected to it, if the IP address is available. REMOTE_ADDR will
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be available in the environment of hooks called when
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services are performed.
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···
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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[synopsis]
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git daemon [--verbose] [--syslog] [--export-all]
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[--timeout=<n>] [--init-timeout=<n>] [--max-connections=<n>]
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+
[--strict-paths] [--base-path=<path>] [--base-path-relaxed]
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+
[--user-path | --user-path=<path>]
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+
[--interpolated-path=<pathtemplate>]
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+
[--reuseaddr] [--detach] [--pid-file=<file>]
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+
[--enable=<service>] [--disable=<service>]
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+
[--allow-override=<service>] [--forbid-override=<service>]
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+
[--access-hook=<path>] [--[no-]informative-errors]
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+
[--inetd |
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+
[--listen=<host-or-ipaddr>] [--port=<n>]
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+
[--user=<user> [--group=<group>]]]
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+
[--log-destination=(stderr|syslog|none)]
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+
[<directory>...]
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DESCRIPTION
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-----------
···
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It verifies that the directory has the magic file "git-daemon-export-ok", and
33
it will refuse to export any Git directory that hasn't explicitly been marked
34
for export this way (unless the `--export-all` parameter is specified). If you
35
+
pass some directory paths as `git daemon` arguments, the offers are limited to
36
repositories within those directories.
37
38
By default, only `upload-pack` service is enabled, which serves
39
+
`git fetch-pack` and `git ls-remote` clients, which are invoked
40
+
from `git fetch`, `git pull`, and `git clone`.
41
42
This is ideally suited for read-only updates, i.e., pulling from
43
Git repositories.
44
45
+
An `upload-archive` also exists to serve `git archive`.
46
47
OPTIONS
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-------
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+
`--strict-paths`::
50
Match paths exactly (i.e. don't allow "/foo/repo" when the real path is
51
"/foo/repo.git" or "/foo/repo/.git") and don't do user-relative paths.
52
+
`git daemon` will refuse to start when this option is enabled and no
53
directory arguments are provided.
54
55
+
`--base-path=<path>`::
56
Remap all the path requests as relative to the given path.
57
+
This is sort of "Git root" - if you run `git daemon` with
58
+
`--base-path=/srv/git` on `example.com`, then if you later try
59
+
to pull from `git://example.com/hello.git`, `git daemon` will
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+
interpret the path as `/srv/git/hello.git`.
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+
`--base-path-relaxed`::
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+
If `--base-path` is enabled and repo lookup fails, with this option
64
+
`git daemon` will attempt to lookup without prefixing the base path.
65
+
This is useful for switching to `--base-path` usage, while still
66
allowing the old paths.
67
68
+
`--interpolated-path=<pathtemplate>`::
69
To support virtual hosting, an interpolated path template can be
70
used to dynamically construct alternate paths. The template
71
+
supports `%H` for the target hostname as supplied by the client but
72
+
converted to all lowercase, `%CH` for the canonical hostname,
73
+
`%IP` for the server's IP address, `%P` for the port number,
74
+
and `%D` for the absolute path of the named repository.
75
After interpolation, the path is validated against the directory
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list.
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+
`--export-all`::
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Allow pulling from all directories that look like Git repositories
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(have the 'objects' and 'refs' subdirectories), even if they
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+
do not have the `git-daemon-export-ok` file.
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+
`--inetd`::
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+
Have the server run as an inetd service. Implies `--syslog` (may
85
+
be overridden with `--log-destination=`).
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+
Incompatible with `--detach`, `--port`, `--listen`, `--user` and
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`--group` options.
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+
`--listen=<host-or-ipaddr>`::
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Listen on a specific IP address or hostname. IP addresses can
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be either an IPv4 address or an IPv6 address if supported. If IPv6
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+
is not supported, then `--listen=<hostname>` is also not supported
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+
and `--listen` must be given an IPv4 address.
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Can be given more than once.
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Incompatible with `--inetd` option.
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+
`--port=<n>`::
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Listen on an alternative port. Incompatible with `--inetd` option.
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+
`--init-timeout=<n>`::
101
Timeout (in seconds) between the moment the connection is established
102
and the client request is received (typically a rather low value, since
103
that should be basically immediate).
104
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+
`--timeout=<n>`::
106
Timeout (in seconds) for specific client sub-requests. This includes
107
the time it takes for the server to process the sub-request and the
108
time spent waiting for the next client's request.
109
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+
`--max-connections=<n>`::
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Maximum number of concurrent clients, defaults to 32. Set it to
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zero for no limit.
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+
`--syslog`::
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Short for `--log-destination=syslog`.
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+
`--log-destination=<destination>`::
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Send log messages to the specified destination.
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+
Note that this option does not imply `--verbose`,
120
thus by default only error conditions will be logged.
121
+
The _<destination>_ must be one of:
122
+
123
--
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+
`stderr`::
125
Write to standard error.
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Note that if `--detach` is specified,
127
the process disconnects from the real standard error,
128
making this destination effectively equivalent to `none`.
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+
`syslog`::
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Write to syslog, using the `git-daemon` identifier.
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+
`none`::
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Disable all logging.
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--
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+
135
The default destination is `syslog` if `--inetd` or `--detach` is specified,
136
otherwise `stderr`.
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+
`--user-path`::
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+
`--user-path=<path>`::
140
Allow {tilde}user notation to be used in requests. When
141
specified with no parameter, a request to
142
git://host/{tilde}alice/foo is taken as a request to access
···
145
taken as a request to access `<path>/foo` repository in
146
the home directory of user `alice`.
147
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+
`--verbose`::
149
Log details about the incoming connections and requested files.
150
151
+
`--reuseaddr`::
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+
Use `SO_REUSEADDR` when binding the listening socket.
153
This allows the server to restart without waiting for
154
old connections to time out.
155
156
+
`--detach`::
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+
Detach from the shell. Implies `--syslog`.
158
159
+
`--pid-file=<file>`::
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+
Save the process id in _<file>_. Ignored when the daemon
161
is run under `--inetd`.
162
163
+
`--user=<user>`::
164
+
`--group=<group>`::
165
Change daemon's uid and gid before entering the service loop.
166
When only `--user` is given without `--group`, the
167
primary group ID for the user is used. The values of
···
170
+
171
Giving these options is an error when used with `--inetd`; use
172
the facility of inet daemon to achieve the same before spawning
173
+
`git daemon` if needed.
174
+
175
Like many programs that switch user id, the daemon does not reset
176
+
environment variables such as `HOME` when it runs git programs,
177
e.g. `upload-pack` and `receive-pack`. When using this option, you
178
may also want to set and export `HOME` to point at the home
179
+
directory of _<user>_ before starting the daemon, and make sure any
180
+
Git configuration files in that directory are readable by _<user>_.
181
182
+
`--enable=<service>`::
183
+
`--disable=<service>`::
184
Enable/disable the service site-wide per default. Note
185
that a service disabled site-wide can still be enabled
186
per repository if it is marked overridable and the
187
repository enables the service with a configuration
188
item.
189
190
+
`--allow-override=<service>`::
191
+
`--forbid-override=<service>`::
192
Allow/forbid overriding the site-wide default with per
193
repository configuration. By default, all the services
194
may be overridden.
195
196
+
`--informative-errors`::
197
+
`--no-informative-errors`::
198
When informative errors are turned on, git-daemon will report
199
more verbose errors to the client, differentiating conditions
200
like "no such repository" from "repository not exported". This
201
is more convenient for clients, but may leak information about
202
the existence of unexported repositories. When informative
203
errors are not enabled, all errors report "access denied" to the
204
+
client. The default is `--no-informative-errors`.
205
206
+
`--access-hook=<path>`::
207
Every time a client connects, first run an external command
208
specified by the <path> with service name (e.g. "upload-pack"),
209
+
path to the repository, hostname (`%H`), canonical hostname
210
+
(`%CH`), IP address (`%IP`), and TCP port (`%P`) as its command-line
211
arguments. The external command can decide to decline the
212
service by exiting with a non-zero status (or to allow it by
213
exiting with a zero status). It can also look at the $REMOTE_ADDR
···
218
standard output to be sent to the requestor as an error message when
219
it declines the service.
220
221
+
_<directory>_::
222
The remaining arguments provide a list of directories. If any
223
directories are specified, then the `git-daemon` process will
224
serve a requested directory only if it is contained in one of
···
230
231
These services can be globally enabled/disabled using the
232
command-line options of this command. If finer-grained
233
+
control is desired (e.g. to allow `git archive` to be run
234
against only in a few selected repositories the daemon serves),
235
the per-repository configuration file can be used to enable or
236
disable them.
237
238
upload-pack::
239
+
This serves `git fetch-pack` and `git ls-remote`
240
clients. It is enabled by default, but a repository can
241
disable it by setting `daemon.uploadpack` configuration
242
item to `false`.
243
244
upload-archive::
245
+
This serves `git archive --remote`. It is disabled by
246
default, but a repository can enable it by setting
247
`daemon.uploadarch` configuration item to `true`.
248
249
receive-pack::
250
+
This serves `git send-pack` clients, allowing anonymous
251
push. It is disabled by default, as there is _no_
252
authentication in the protocol (in other words, anybody
253
can push anything into the repository, including removal
···
301
302
303
'git daemon' as regular daemon for virtual hosts::
304
+
To set up `git daemon` as a regular, non-inetd service that
305
handles repositories for multiple virtual hosts based on
306
their IP addresses, start the daemon like this:
307
+
···
318
they correspond to these IP addresses.
319
320
selectively enable/disable services per repository::
321
+
To enable `git archive --remote` and disable `git fetch` against
322
a repository, have the following in the configuration file in the
323
repository (that is the file 'config' next to `HEAD`, 'refs' and
324
'objects').
···
332
333
ENVIRONMENT
334
-----------
335
+
`git daemon` will set `REMOTE_ADDR` to the IP address of the client
336
+
that connected to it, if the IP address is available. `REMOTE_ADDR` will
337
be available in the environment of hooks called when
338
services are performed.
339