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diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt b/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt index 99dbbfb966..0b5e9515a1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt @@ -14,13 +14,15 @@ DESCRIPTION ----------- A simple CGI program to serve the contents of a Git repository to Git clients accessing the repository over http:// and https:// protocols. +The program supports clients fetching using both the smart HTTP protcol +and the backwards-compatible dumb HTTP protocol, as well as clients +pushing using the smart HTTP protocol. By default, only the `upload-pack` service is enabled, which serves 'git-fetch-pack' and 'git-ls-remote' clients, which are invoked from -'git-fetch', 'git-pull', and 'git-clone'. - -This is ideally suited for read-only updates, i.e., pulling from -git repositories. +'git-fetch', 'git-pull', and 'git-clone'. If the client is authenticated, +the `receive-pack` service is enabled, which serves 'git-send-pack' +clients, which is invoked from 'git-push'. SERVICES -------- @@ -50,6 +52,8 @@ automatically by the web server. EXAMPLES -------- +All of the following examples map 'http://$hostname/git/foo/bar.git' +to '/var/www/git/foo/bar.git'. Apache 2.x:: Ensure mod_cgi, mod_alias, and mod_env are enabled, set |