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diff --git a/Documentation/git-shell.txt b/Documentation/git-shell.txt index cc4266d83b..9b9250600f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-shell.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-shell.txt @@ -3,33 +3,32 @@ git-shell(1) NAME ---- -git-shell - Restricted login shell for GIT over SSH only +git-shell - Restricted login shell for Git-only SSH access SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-shell' -c <command> <argument> +[verse] +'git shell' [-c <command> <argument>] DESCRIPTION ----------- -This is meant to be used as a login shell for SSH accounts you want -to restrict to GIT pull/push access only. It permits execution only -of server-side GIT commands implementing the pull/push functionality. -The commands can be executed only by the '-c' option; the shell is not -interactive. -Currently, only the `git-receive-pack` and `git-upload-pack` commands -are permitted to be called, with a single required argument. +A login shell for SSH accounts to provide restricted Git access. When +'-c' is given, the program executes <command> non-interactively; +<command> can be one of 'git receive-pack', 'git upload-pack', 'git +upload-archive', 'cvs server', or a command in COMMAND_DIR. The shell +is started in interactive mode when no arguments are given; in this +case, COMMAND_DIR must exist, and any of the executables in it can be +invoked. -Author ------- -Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> +'cvs server' is a special command which executes git-cvsserver. -Documentation --------------- -Documentation by Petr Baudis and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. +COMMAND_DIR is the path "$HOME/git-shell-commands". The user must have +read and execute permissions to the directory in order to execute the +programs in it. The programs are executed with a cwd of $HOME, and +<argument> is parsed as a command-line string. GIT --- -Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite - +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |