git-daemon(1) ============= NAME ---- git-daemon - A really simple server for git repositories SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git-daemon' [--verbose] [--syslog] [--inetd | --port=n] [--export-all] [--timeout=n] [--init-timeout=n] [--strict-paths] [--base-path=path] [--user-path | --user-path=path] [--reuseaddr] [--detach] [--pid-file=file] [--user=user [--group=group]] [directory...] DESCRIPTION ----------- A really simple TCP git daemon that normally listens on port "DEFAULT_GIT_PORT" aka 9418. It waits for a connection, and will just execute "git-upload-pack" when it gets one. It's careful in that there's a magic request-line that gives the command and what directory to upload, and it verifies that the directory is OK. It verifies that the directory has the magic file "git-daemon-export-ok", and it will refuse to export any git directory that hasn't explicitly been marked for export this way (unless the '--export-all' parameter is specified). If you pass some directory paths as 'git-daemon' arguments, you can further restrict the offers to a whitelist comprising of those. This is ideally suited for read-only updates, i.e., pulling from git repositories. OPTIONS ------- --strict-paths:: Match paths exactly (i.e. don't allow "/foo/repo" when the real path is "/foo/repo.git" or "/foo/repo/.git") and don't do user-relative paths. git-daemon will refuse to start when this option is enabled and no whitelist is specified. --base-path:: Remap all the path requests as relative to the given path. This is sort of "GIT root" - if you run git-daemon with '--base-path=/srv/git' on example.com, then if you later try to pull 'git://example.com/hello.git', `git-daemon` will interpret the path as '/srv/git/hello.git'. --export-all:: Allow pulling from all directories that look like GIT repositories (have the 'objects' and 'refs' subdirectories), even if they do not have the 'git-daemon-export-ok' file. --inetd:: Have the server run as an inetd service. Implies --syslog. --port:: Listen on an alternative port. --init-timeout:: Timeout between the moment the connection is established and the client request is received (typically a rather low value, since that should be basically immediate). --timeout:: Timeout for specific client sub-requests. This includes the time it takes for the server to process the sub-request and time spent waiting for next client's request. --syslog:: Log to syslog instead of stderr. Note that this option does not imply --verbose, thus by default only error conditions will be logged. --user-path, --user-path=path:: Allow ~user notation to be used in requests. When specified with no parameter, requests to git://host/~alice/foo is taken as a request to access 'foo' repository in the home directory of user `alice`. If `--user-path=path` is specified, the same request is taken as a request to access `path/foo` repository in the home directory of user `alice`. --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'. --user=user, --group=group:: Change daemon's uid and gid before entering the service loop. When only `--user` is given without `--group`, the primary group ID for the user is used. The values of the option are given to `getpwnam(3)` and `getgrnam(3)` and numeric IDs are not supported. + Giving these options is an error when used with `--inetd`; use the facility of inet daemon to achieve the same before spawning `git-daemon` if needed. :: A directory to add to the whitelist of allowed directories. Unless --strict-paths is specified this will also include subdirectories of each named directory. Author ------ Written by Linus Torvalds , YOSHIFUJI Hideaki and the git-list Documentation -------------- Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list . GIT --- Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite