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 Allow pulling from all directories that look like GIT repositories
34 (have the 'objects' subdirectory and a 'HEAD' file), even if they
35 do not have the 'git-daemon-export-ok' file.
38 Have the server run as an inetd service. Implies --syslog.
41 Listen on an alternative port.
44 Timeout between the moment the connection is established and the
45 client request is received (typically a rather low value, since
46 that should be basically immediate).
49 Timeout for specific client sub-requests. This includes the time
50 it takes for the server to process the sub-request and time spent
51 waiting for next client's request.
54 Log to syslog instead of stderr. Note that this option does not imply
55 --verbose, thus by default only error conditions will be logged.
58 Log details about the incoming connections and requested files.
62 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
66 Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
70 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite