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diff --git a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt index 741f2c69bd..51d7c94d7d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt @@ -11,6 +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] + [--interpolated-path=pathtemplate] [--enable=service] [--disable=service] [--allow-override=service] [--forbid-override=service] [--reuseaddr] [--detach] [--pid-file=file] @@ -50,6 +51,12 @@ OPTIONS 'git://example.com/hello.git', `git-daemon` will interpret the path as '/srv/git/hello.git'. +--interpolated-path=pathtemplate:: + To support virtual hosting, an interpolated path template can be + used to dynamically construct alternate paths. The template + supports %H for the target hostname as supplied by the client, + and %D for the absolute path of the named repository. + --export-all:: Allow pulling from all directories that look like GIT repositories (have the 'objects' and 'refs' subdirectories), even if they @@ -135,6 +142,46 @@ upload-pack:: disable it by setting `daemon.uploadpack` configuration item to `false`. +EXAMPLES +-------- +git-daemon as inetd server:: + To set up `git-daemon` as an inetd service that handles any + repository under the whitelisted set of directories, /pub/foo + and /pub/bar, place an entry like the following into + /etc/inetd all on one line: ++ +------------------------------------------------ + git stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/bin/git-daemon + git-daemon --inetd --verbose + --syslog --export-all + /pub/foo /pub/bar +------------------------------------------------ + + +git-daemon as inetd server for virtual hosts:: + To set up `git-daemon` as an inetd service that handles + repositories for different virtual hosts, `www.example.com` + and `www.example.org`, place an entry like the following into + `/etc/inetd` all on one line: ++ +------------------------------------------------ + git stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/bin/git-daemon + git-daemon --inetd --verbose + --syslog --export-all + --interpolated-path=/pub/%H%D + /pub/www.example.org/software + /pub/www.example.com/software + /software +------------------------------------------------ ++ +In this example, the root-level directory `/pub` will contain +a subdirectory for each virtual host name supported. +Further, both hosts advertise repositories simply as +`git://www.example.com/software/repo.git`. For pre-1.4.0 +clients, a symlink from `/software` into the appropriate +default repository could be made as well. + + Author ------ Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki |