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| author | Dan Bornstein <danfuzz@milk.com> | 2013-03-21 23:06:40 +0000 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2013-03-26 07:53:13 -0700 |
| commit | e39c695d871d877a621e39cef7e5bd208bb7b157 (patch) | |
| tree | c4024aa929f6f8b5968bcb9fbb903d5c624c3c83 /Documentation | |
| parent | 7c1017d2d56112b88be2b6fa6d2a57a12ee2ffb4 (diff) | |
| download | git-e39c695d871d877a621e39cef7e5bd208bb7b157.tar.gz | |
Correct the docs about GIT_SSH.
In particular, it can get called with four arguments if you happen to
be referring to a repo using the ssh:// scheme with a non-default port
number.
Signed-off-by: Dan Bornstein <danfuzz@milk.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index e0135150b1..98a45addf5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -764,9 +764,12 @@ other If this environment variable is set then 'git fetch' and 'git push' will use this command instead of 'ssh' when they need to connect to a remote system. - The '$GIT_SSH' command will be given exactly two arguments: - the 'username@host' (or just 'host') from the URL and the - shell command to execute on that remote system. + The '$GIT_SSH' command will be given exactly two or + four arguments: the 'username@host' (or just 'host') + from the URL and the shell command to execute on that + remote system, optionally preceded by '-p' (literally) and + the 'port' from the URL when it specifies something other + than the default SSH port. + To pass options to the program that you want to list in GIT_SSH you will need to wrap the program and options into a shell script, |