1 git-remote-ext(1)
2 =================
4 NAME
5 ----
6 git-remote-ext - Bridge smart transport to external command.
8 SYNOPSIS
9 --------
10 [verse]
11 git remote add <nick> "ext::<command>[ <arguments>...]"
13 DESCRIPTION
14 -----------
15 This remote helper uses the specified '<command>' to connect
16 to a remote git server.
18 Data written to stdin of the specified '<command>' is assumed
19 to be sent to a git:// server, git-upload-pack, git-receive-pack
20 or git-upload-archive (depending on situation), and data read
21 from stdout of <command> is assumed to be received from
22 the same service.
24 Command and arguments are separated by an unescaped space.
26 The following sequences have a special meaning:
28 '% '::
29 Literal space in command or argument.
31 '%%'::
32 Literal percent sign.
34 '%s'::
35 Replaced with name (receive-pack, upload-pack, or
36 upload-archive) of the service git wants to invoke.
38 '%S'::
39 Replaced with long name (git-receive-pack,
40 git-upload-pack, or git-upload-archive) of the service
41 git wants to invoke.
43 '%G' (must be the first characters in an argument)::
44 This argument will not be passed to '<command>'. Instead, it
45 will cause the helper to start by sending git:// service requests to
46 the remote side with the service field set to an appropriate value and
47 the repository field set to rest of the argument. Default is not to send
48 such a request.
49 +
50 This is useful if remote side is git:// server accessed over
51 some tunnel.
53 '%V' (must be first characters in argument)::
54 This argument will not be passed to '<command>'. Instead it sets
55 the vhost field in the git:// service request (to rest of the argument).
56 Default is not to send vhost in such request (if sent).
58 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES:
59 ----------------------
61 GIT_TRANSLOOP_DEBUG::
62 If set, prints debugging information about various reads/writes.
64 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES PASSED TO COMMAND:
65 ----------------------------------------
67 GIT_EXT_SERVICE::
68 Set to long name (git-upload-pack, etc...) of service helper needs
69 to invoke.
71 GIT_EXT_SERVICE_NOPREFIX::
72 Set to long name (upload-pack, etc...) of service helper needs
73 to invoke.
76 EXAMPLES:
77 ---------
78 This remote helper is transparently used by git when
79 you use commands such as "git fetch <URL>", "git clone <URL>",
80 , "git push <URL>" or "git remote add <nick> <URL>", where <URL>
81 begins with `ext::`. Examples:
83 "ext::ssh -i /home/foo/.ssh/somekey user@host.example %S 'foo/repo'"::
84 Like host.example:foo/repo, but use /home/foo/.ssh/somekey as
85 keypair and user as user on remote side. This avoids needing to
86 edit .ssh/config.
88 "ext::socat -t3600 - ABSTRACT-CONNECT:/git-server %G/somerepo"::
89 Represents repository with path /somerepo accessable over
90 git protocol at abstract namespace address /git-server.
92 "ext::git-server-alias foo %G/repo"::
93 Represents a repository with path /repo accessed using the
94 helper program "git-server-alias foo". The path to the
95 repository and type of request are not passed on the command
96 line but as part of the protocol stream, as usual with git://
97 protocol.
99 "ext::git-server-alias foo %G/repo %Vfoo"::
100 Represents a repository with path /repo accessed using the
101 helper program "git-server-alias foo". The hostname for the
102 remote server passed in the protocol stream will be "foo"
103 (this allows multiple virtual git servers to share a
104 link-level address).
106 "ext::git-server-alias foo %G/repo% with% spaces %Vfoo"::
107 Represents a repository with path '/repo with spaces' accessed
108 using the helper program "git-server-alias foo". The hostname for
109 the remote server passed in the protocol stream will be "foo"
110 (this allows multiple virtual git servers to share a
111 link-level address).
113 "ext::git-ssl foo.example /bar"::
114 Represents a repository accessed using the helper program
115 "git-ssl foo.example /bar". The type of request can be
116 determined by the helper using environment variables (see
117 above).
119 Documentation
120 --------------
121 Documentation by Ilari Liusvaara, Jonathan Nieder and the git list
122 <git@vger.kernel.org>
124 GIT
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126 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite