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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-daemon.txt13
-rw-r--r--daemon.c2
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
index 4c357daf6..0f7d274ea 100644
--- 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
-----------
@@ -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
diff --git a/daemon.c b/daemon.c
index e4ec67630..810837f0c 100644
--- a/daemon.c
+++ b/daemon.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ static const char daemon_usage[] =
"git-daemon [--verbose] [--syslog] [--inetd | --port=n] [--export-all]\n"
" [--timeout=n] [--init-timeout=n] [--strict-paths]\n"
" [--base-path=path] [--user-path | --user-path=path]\n"
-" [--reuseaddr] [directory...]";
+" [--reuseaddr] [--detach] [--pid-file=file] [directory...]";
/* List of acceptable pathname prefixes */
static char **ok_paths = NULL;