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| author | Mark Lodato <lodatom@gmail.com> | 2009-10-30 17:47:36 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-11-04 17:58:15 -0800 |
| commit | b9af4ab3cd33f699ea2a978acb83dbddf07900e6 (patch) | |
| tree | d7f77363582846f2de94fa58e98f5fa7beb3f44e /Documentation/git-http-backend.txt | |
| parent | 917adc036086f52b0277ff03d10b7044c9d9d0d2 (diff) | |
| download | git-b9af4ab3cd33f699ea2a978acb83dbddf07900e6.tar.gz | |
http-backend: reword some documentation
Clarify some of the git-http-backend documentation, particularly:
* In the Description, state that smart/dumb HTTP fetch and smart HTTP
push are supported, state that authenticated clients allow push, and
remove the note that this is only suited for read-only updates.
* At the start of Examples, state explicitly what URL is mapping to what
location on disk.
Signed-off-by: Mark Lodato <lodatom@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-http-backend.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-http-backend.txt | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
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 |