From 199a92186b6721b23a2400c91f8bd44e7ffa349a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 02:10:30 +0200 Subject: Document receive.denyNonFastforwards [jc: with a fix to config handling in t5400 test, which took annoyingly long to diagnose.] Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/config.txt | 7 +++++++ Documentation/git-init-db.txt | 4 ++++ Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt | 2 ++ 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 844cae4cf0..bb2fbc324e 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -267,3 +267,10 @@ whatchanged.difftree:: imap:: The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described in gitlink:git-imap-send[1]. + +receive.denyNonFastforwads:: + If set to true, git-receive-pack will deny a ref update which is + not a fast forward. Use this to prevent such an update via a push, + even if that push is forced. This configuration variable is + set when initializing a shared repository. + diff --git a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt index 63cd5dab3f..ca7d09dc0a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt @@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ is given: - 'all' (or 'world' or 'everybody'): Same as 'group', but make the repository readable by all users. +By default, the configuration flag receive.denyNonFastforward is enabled +in shared repositories, so that you cannot force a non fast-forwarding push +into it. + -- diff --git a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt index f9457d45ed..0dfadc2a32 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt @@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ packed and is served via a dumb transport. There are other real-world examples of using update and post-update hooks found in the Documentation/howto directory. +git-receive-pack honours the receive.denyNonFastforwards flag, which +tells it if updates to a ref should be denied if they are not fast-forwards. OPTIONS ------- -- cgit v1.2.1