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1 git-daemon(1)
2 =============
4 NAME
5 ----
6 git-daemon - A really simple server for git repositories.
8 SYNOPSIS
9 --------
10 [verse]
11 'git-daemon' [--verbose] [--syslog] [--inetd | --port=n] [--export-all]
12 [--timeout=n] [--init-timeout=n] [--strict-paths] [directory...]
14 DESCRIPTION
15 -----------
16 A really simple TCP git daemon that normally listens on port "DEFAULT_GIT_PORT"
17 aka 9418. It waits for a connection, and will just execute "git-upload-pack"
18 when it gets one.
20 It's careful in that there's a magic request-line that gives the command and
21 what directory to upload, and it verifies that the directory is ok.
23 It verifies that the directory has the magic file "git-daemon-export-ok", and
24 it will refuse to export any git directory that hasn't explicitly been marked
25 for export this way (unless the '--export-all' parameter is specified). If you
26 pass some directory paths as 'git-daemon' arguments, you can further restrict
27 the offers to a whitelist comprising of those.
29 This is ideally suited for read-only updates, ie pulling from git repositories.
31 OPTIONS
32 -------
33 --strict-paths::
34 Match paths exactly (i.e. don't allow "/foo/repo" when the real path is
35 "/foo/repo.git" or "/foo/repo/.git") and don't do user-relative paths.
36 git-daemon will refuse to start when this option is enabled and no
37 whitelist is specified.
39 --export-all::
40 Allow pulling from all directories that look like GIT repositories
41 (have the 'objects' and 'refs' subdirectories), even if they
42 do not have the 'git-daemon-export-ok' file.
44 --inetd::
45 Have the server run as an inetd service. Implies --syslog.
47 --port::
48 Listen on an alternative port.
50 --init-timeout::
51 Timeout between the moment the connection is established and the
52 client request is received (typically a rather low value, since
53 that should be basically immediate).
55 --timeout::
56 Timeout for specific client sub-requests. This includes the time
57 it takes for the server to process the sub-request and time spent
58 waiting for next client's request.
60 --syslog::
61 Log to syslog instead of stderr. Note that this option does not imply
62 --verbose, thus by default only error conditions will be logged.
64 --verbose::
65 Log details about the incoming connections and requested files.
67 <directory>::
68 A directory to add to the whitelist of allowed directories. Unless
69 --strict-paths is specified this will also include subdirectories
70 of each named directory.
72 Author
73 ------
74 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki
75 <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>
77 Documentation
78 --------------
79 Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
81 GIT
82 ---
83 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite