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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2013-04-18 11:47:23 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2013-04-18 11:47:23 -0700 |
| commit | 8dd28584a5fe737ca373315f47055f3df2260606 (patch) | |
| tree | c7aab5907972775fc90b2412f0c5de04ce398a63 | |
| parent | 5734fa4608ada9c1df20ac27988715ee27b36613 (diff) | |
| parent | 714d25868f156e0969eb8a47e6a1bf3df9c17a5d (diff) | |
| download | git-8dd28584a5fe737ca373315f47055f3df2260606.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'jk/daemon-user-doc'
Document where the configuration is read by the git-daemon when its --user
option is used.
* jk/daemon-user-doc:
doc: clarify that "git daemon --user=<user>" option does not export HOME=~user
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-daemon.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt index 77da564134..bfb106cccd 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt @@ -147,6 +147,13 @@ OPTIONS 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. ++ +Like many programs that switch user id, the daemon does not reset +environment variables such as `$HOME` when it runs git programs, +e.g. `upload-pack` and `receive-pack`. When using this option, you +may also want to set and export `HOME` to point at the home +directory of `<user>` before starting the daemon, and make sure any +Git configuration files in that directory are readable by `<user>`. --enable=<service>:: --disable=<service>:: |