Merge branch 'jc/apply'

[git.git] / Documentation / git-daemon.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
index 924a676a6ae24e5d539cca644a32da71e62e50f5..0f7d274eaba3722dabfdbf7ab14592a938933a56 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 'git-daemon' [--verbose] [--syslog] [--inetd | --port=n] [--export-all]
              [--timeout=n] [--init-timeout=n] [--strict-paths]
              [--base-path=path] [--user-path | --user-path=path]
-            [directory...]
+            [--reuseaddr] [--detach] [--pid-file=file] [directory...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ aka 9418. It waits for a connection, and will just execute "git-upload-pack"
 when it gets one.
 
 It's careful in that there's a magic request-line that gives the command and
-what directory to upload, and it verifies that the directory is ok.
+what directory to upload, and it verifies that the directory is OK.
 
 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
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ for export this way (unless the '--export-all' parameter is specified). If you
 pass some directory paths as 'git-daemon' arguments, you can further restrict
 the offers to a whitelist comprising of those.
 
-This is ideally suited for read-only updates, ie pulling from git repositories.
+This is ideally suited for read-only updates, i.e., pulling from git repositories.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
@@ -82,6 +82,17 @@ OPTIONS
 --verbose::
        Log details about the incoming connections and requested files.
 
+--reuseaddr::
+       Use SO_REUSEADDR when binding the listening socket.
+       This allows the server to restart without waiting for
+       old connections to time out.
+
+--detach::
+       Detach from the shell. Implies --syslog.
+
+--pid-file=file::
+       Save the process id in 'file'.
+
 <directory>::
        A directory to add to the whitelist of allowed directories. Unless
        --strict-paths is specified this will also include subdirectories