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diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.txt b/Documentation/githooks.txt index 0d94337a5..0dd618af8 100644 --- a/Documentation/githooks.txt +++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt @@ -274,9 +274,11 @@ does not know the entire set of branches, so it would end up firing one e-mail per ref when used naively, though. The <<post-receive,'post-receive'>> hook is more suited to that. -Another use suggested on the mailing list is to use this hook to -implement access control which is finer grained than the one -based on filesystem group. +In an environment that restricts the users' access only to git +commands over the wire, this hook can be used to implement access +control without relying on filesystem ownership and group +membership. See linkgit:git-shell[1] for how you might use the login +shell to restrict the user's access to only git commands. Both standard output and standard error output are forwarded to 'git send-pack' on the other end, so you can simply `echo` messages |