6 git-daemon - A really simple server for git repositories.
10 'git-daemon' [--verbose] [--syslog] [--inetd | --port=n] [--export-all]
11 [--timeout=n] [--init-timeout=n] [directory...]
15 A really simple TCP git daemon that normally listens on port "DEFAULT_GIT_PORT"
16 aka 9418. It waits for a connection, and will just execute "git-upload-pack"
19 It's careful in that there's a magic request-line that gives the command and
20 what directory to upload, and it verifies that the directory is ok.
22 It verifies that the directory has the magic file "git-daemon-export-ok", and
23 it will refuse to export any git directory that hasn't explicitly been marked
24 for export this way (unless the '--export-all' parameter is specified). If you
25 pass some directory paths as 'git-daemon' arguments, you can further restrict
26 the offers to a whitelist comprising of those.
28 This is ideally suited for read-only updates, ie pulling from git repositories.
33 Match paths exactly (i.e. don't allow "/foo/repo" when the real path is
34 "/foo/repo.git" or "/foo/repo/.git") and don't do user-relative paths.
35 git-daemon will refuse to start when this option is enabled and no
36 whitelist is specified.
39 Allow pulling from all directories that look like GIT repositories
40 (have the 'objects' and 'refs' subdirectories), even if they
41 do not have the 'git-daemon-export-ok' file.
44 Have the server run as an inetd service. Implies --syslog.
47 Listen on an alternative port.
50 Timeout between the moment the connection is established and the
51 client request is received (typically a rather low value, since
52 that should be basically immediate).
55 Timeout for specific client sub-requests. This includes the time
56 it takes for the server to process the sub-request and time spent
57 waiting for next client's request.
60 Log to syslog instead of stderr. Note that this option does not imply
61 --verbose, thus by default only error conditions will be logged.
64 Log details about the incoming connections and requested files.
67 A directory to add to the whitelist of allowed directories. Unless
68 --strict-paths is specified this will also include subdirectories
69 of each named directory.
73 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki
74 <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>
78 Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
82 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite