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737 <h1>
738 git-daemon(1) Manual Page
739 </h1>
740 <h2>NAME</h2>
741 <div class="sectionbody">
742 <p>git-daemon -
743 A really simple server for Git repositories
744 </p>
745 </div>
746 </div>
747 <div id="content">
748 <div class="sect1">
749 <h2 id="_synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2>
750 <div class="sectionbody">
751 <div class="verseblock">
752 <pre class="content"><em>git daemon</em> [--verbose] [--syslog] [--export-all]
753 [--timeout=&lt;n&gt;] [--init-timeout=&lt;n&gt;] [--max-connections=&lt;n&gt;]
754 [--strict-paths] [--base-path=&lt;path&gt;] [--base-path-relaxed]
755 [--user-path | --user-path=&lt;path&gt;]
756 [--interpolated-path=&lt;pathtemplate&gt;]
757 [--reuseaddr] [--detach] [--pid-file=&lt;file&gt;]
758 [--enable=&lt;service&gt;] [--disable=&lt;service&gt;]
759 [--allow-override=&lt;service&gt;] [--forbid-override=&lt;service&gt;]
760 [--access-hook=&lt;path&gt;] [--[no-]informative-errors]
761 [--inetd |
762 [--listen=&lt;host_or_ipaddr&gt;] [--port=&lt;n&gt;]
763 [--user=&lt;user&gt; [--group=&lt;group&gt;]]]
764 [--log-destination=(stderr|syslog|none)]
765 [&lt;directory&gt;&#8230;]</pre>
766 <div class="attribution">
767 </div></div>
768 </div>
769 </div>
770 <div class="sect1">
771 <h2 id="_description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
772 <div class="sectionbody">
773 <div class="paragraph"><p>A really simple TCP Git daemon that normally listens on port "DEFAULT_GIT_PORT"
774 aka 9418. It waits for a connection asking for a service, and will serve
775 that service if it is enabled.</p></div>
776 <div class="paragraph"><p>It verifies that the directory has the magic file "git-daemon-export-ok", and
777 it will refuse to export any Git directory that hasn&#8217;t explicitly been marked
778 for export this way (unless the <code>--export-all</code> parameter is specified). If you
779 pass some directory paths as <em>git daemon</em> arguments, the offers are limited to
780 repositories within those directories.</p></div>
781 <div class="paragraph"><p>By default, only <code>upload-pack</code> service is enabled, which serves
782 <em>git fetch-pack</em> and <em>git ls-remote</em> clients, which are invoked
783 from <em>git fetch</em>, <em>git pull</em>, and <em>git clone</em>.</p></div>
784 <div class="paragraph"><p>This is ideally suited for read-only updates, i.e., pulling from
785 Git repositories.</p></div>
786 <div class="paragraph"><p>An <code>upload-archive</code> also exists to serve <em>git archive</em>.</p></div>
787 </div>
788 </div>
789 <div class="sect1">
790 <h2 id="_options">OPTIONS</h2>
791 <div class="sectionbody">
792 <div class="dlist"><dl>
793 <dt class="hdlist1">
794 --strict-paths
795 </dt>
796 <dd>
798 Match paths exactly (i.e. don&#8217;t allow "/foo/repo" when the real path is
799 "/foo/repo.git" or "/foo/repo/.git") and don&#8217;t do user-relative paths.
800 <em>git daemon</em> will refuse to start when this option is enabled and no
801 directory arguments are provided.
802 </p>
803 </dd>
804 <dt class="hdlist1">
805 --base-path=&lt;path&gt;
806 </dt>
807 <dd>
809 Remap all the path requests as relative to the given path.
810 This is sort of "Git root" - if you run <em>git daemon</em> with
811 <em>--base-path=/srv/git</em> on example.com, then if you later try to pull
812 <em>git://example.com/hello.git</em>, <em>git daemon</em> will interpret the path
813 as <code>/srv/git/hello.git</code>.
814 </p>
815 </dd>
816 <dt class="hdlist1">
817 --base-path-relaxed
818 </dt>
819 <dd>
821 If --base-path is enabled and repo lookup fails, with this option
822 <em>git daemon</em> will attempt to lookup without prefixing the base path.
823 This is useful for switching to --base-path usage, while still
824 allowing the old paths.
825 </p>
826 </dd>
827 <dt class="hdlist1">
828 --interpolated-path=&lt;pathtemplate&gt;
829 </dt>
830 <dd>
832 To support virtual hosting, an interpolated path template can be
833 used to dynamically construct alternate paths. The template
834 supports %H for the target hostname as supplied by the client but
835 converted to all lowercase, %CH for the canonical hostname,
836 %IP for the server&#8217;s IP address, %P for the port number,
837 and %D for the absolute path of the named repository.
838 After interpolation, the path is validated against the directory
839 list.
840 </p>
841 </dd>
842 <dt class="hdlist1">
843 --export-all
844 </dt>
845 <dd>
847 Allow pulling from all directories that look like Git repositories
848 (have the <em>objects</em> and <em>refs</em> subdirectories), even if they
849 do not have the <em>git-daemon-export-ok</em> file.
850 </p>
851 </dd>
852 <dt class="hdlist1">
853 --inetd
854 </dt>
855 <dd>
857 Have the server run as an inetd service. Implies --syslog (may be
858 overridden with <code>--log-destination=</code>).
859 Incompatible with --detach, --port, --listen, --user and --group
860 options.
861 </p>
862 </dd>
863 <dt class="hdlist1">
864 --listen=&lt;host_or_ipaddr&gt;
865 </dt>
866 <dd>
868 Listen on a specific IP address or hostname. IP addresses can
869 be either an IPv4 address or an IPv6 address if supported. If IPv6
870 is not supported, then --listen=hostname is also not supported and
871 --listen must be given an IPv4 address.
872 Can be given more than once.
873 Incompatible with <code>--inetd</code> option.
874 </p>
875 </dd>
876 <dt class="hdlist1">
877 --port=&lt;n&gt;
878 </dt>
879 <dd>
881 Listen on an alternative port. Incompatible with <code>--inetd</code> option.
882 </p>
883 </dd>
884 <dt class="hdlist1">
885 --init-timeout=&lt;n&gt;
886 </dt>
887 <dd>
889 Timeout (in seconds) between the moment the connection is established
890 and the client request is received (typically a rather low value, since
891 that should be basically immediate).
892 </p>
893 </dd>
894 <dt class="hdlist1">
895 --timeout=&lt;n&gt;
896 </dt>
897 <dd>
899 Timeout (in seconds) for specific client sub-requests. This includes
900 the time it takes for the server to process the sub-request and the
901 time spent waiting for the next client&#8217;s request.
902 </p>
903 </dd>
904 <dt class="hdlist1">
905 --max-connections=&lt;n&gt;
906 </dt>
907 <dd>
909 Maximum number of concurrent clients, defaults to 32. Set it to
910 zero for no limit.
911 </p>
912 </dd>
913 <dt class="hdlist1">
914 --syslog
915 </dt>
916 <dd>
918 Short for <code>--log-destination=syslog</code>.
919 </p>
920 </dd>
921 <dt class="hdlist1">
922 --log-destination=&lt;destination&gt;
923 </dt>
924 <dd>
926 Send log messages to the specified destination.
927 Note that this option does not imply --verbose,
928 thus by default only error conditions will be logged.
929 The &lt;destination&gt; must be one of:
930 </p>
931 <div class="openblock">
932 <div class="content">
933 <div class="dlist"><dl>
934 <dt class="hdlist1">
935 stderr
936 </dt>
937 <dd>
939 Write to standard error.
940 Note that if <code>--detach</code> is specified,
941 the process disconnects from the real standard error,
942 making this destination effectively equivalent to <code>none</code>.
943 </p>
944 </dd>
945 <dt class="hdlist1">
946 syslog
947 </dt>
948 <dd>
950 Write to syslog, using the <code>git-daemon</code> identifier.
951 </p>
952 </dd>
953 <dt class="hdlist1">
954 none
955 </dt>
956 <dd>
958 Disable all logging.
959 </p>
960 </dd>
961 </dl></div>
962 </div></div>
963 <div class="paragraph"><p>The default destination is <code>syslog</code> if <code>--inetd</code> or <code>--detach</code> is specified,
964 otherwise <code>stderr</code>.</p></div>
965 </dd>
966 <dt class="hdlist1">
967 --user-path
968 </dt>
969 <dt class="hdlist1">
970 --user-path=&lt;path&gt;
971 </dt>
972 <dd>
974 Allow &#126;user notation to be used in requests. When
975 specified with no parameter, requests to
976 git://host/&#126;alice/foo is taken as a request to access
977 <em>foo</em> repository in the home directory of user <code>alice</code>.
978 If <code>--user-path=path</code> is specified, the same request is
979 taken as a request to access <code>path/foo</code> repository in
980 the home directory of user <code>alice</code>.
981 </p>
982 </dd>
983 <dt class="hdlist1">
984 --verbose
985 </dt>
986 <dd>
988 Log details about the incoming connections and requested files.
989 </p>
990 </dd>
991 <dt class="hdlist1">
992 --reuseaddr
993 </dt>
994 <dd>
996 Use SO_REUSEADDR when binding the listening socket.
997 This allows the server to restart without waiting for
998 old connections to time out.
999 </p>
1000 </dd>
1001 <dt class="hdlist1">
1002 --detach
1003 </dt>
1004 <dd>
1006 Detach from the shell. Implies --syslog.
1007 </p>
1008 </dd>
1009 <dt class="hdlist1">
1010 --pid-file=&lt;file&gt;
1011 </dt>
1012 <dd>
1014 Save the process id in <em>file</em>. Ignored when the daemon
1015 is run under <code>--inetd</code>.
1016 </p>
1017 </dd>
1018 <dt class="hdlist1">
1019 --user=&lt;user&gt;
1020 </dt>
1021 <dt class="hdlist1">
1022 --group=&lt;group&gt;
1023 </dt>
1024 <dd>
1026 Change daemon&#8217;s uid and gid before entering the service loop.
1027 When only <code>--user</code> is given without <code>--group</code>, the
1028 primary group ID for the user is used. The values of
1029 the option are given to <code>getpwnam(3)</code> and <code>getgrnam(3)</code>
1030 and numeric IDs are not supported.
1031 </p>
1032 <div class="paragraph"><p>Giving these options is an error when used with <code>--inetd</code>; use
1033 the facility of inet daemon to achieve the same before spawning
1034 <em>git daemon</em> if needed.</p></div>
1035 <div class="paragraph"><p>Like many programs that switch user id, the daemon does not reset
1036 environment variables such as <code>$HOME</code> when it runs git programs,
1037 e.g. <code>upload-pack</code> and <code>receive-pack</code>. When using this option, you
1038 may also want to set and export <code>HOME</code> to point at the home
1039 directory of <code>&lt;user&gt;</code> before starting the daemon, and make sure any
1040 Git configuration files in that directory are readable by <code>&lt;user&gt;</code>.</p></div>
1041 </dd>
1042 <dt class="hdlist1">
1043 --enable=&lt;service&gt;
1044 </dt>
1045 <dt class="hdlist1">
1046 --disable=&lt;service&gt;
1047 </dt>
1048 <dd>
1050 Enable/disable the service site-wide per default. Note
1051 that a service disabled site-wide can still be enabled
1052 per repository if it is marked overridable and the
1053 repository enables the service with a configuration
1054 item.
1055 </p>
1056 </dd>
1057 <dt class="hdlist1">
1058 --allow-override=&lt;service&gt;
1059 </dt>
1060 <dt class="hdlist1">
1061 --forbid-override=&lt;service&gt;
1062 </dt>
1063 <dd>
1065 Allow/forbid overriding the site-wide default with per
1066 repository configuration. By default, all the services
1067 may be overridden.
1068 </p>
1069 </dd>
1070 <dt class="hdlist1">
1071 --[no-]informative-errors
1072 </dt>
1073 <dd>
1075 When informative errors are turned on, git-daemon will report
1076 more verbose errors to the client, differentiating conditions
1077 like "no such repository" from "repository not exported". This
1078 is more convenient for clients, but may leak information about
1079 the existence of unexported repositories. When informative
1080 errors are not enabled, all errors report "access denied" to the
1081 client. The default is --no-informative-errors.
1082 </p>
1083 </dd>
1084 <dt class="hdlist1">
1085 --access-hook=&lt;path&gt;
1086 </dt>
1087 <dd>
1089 Every time a client connects, first run an external command
1090 specified by the &lt;path&gt; with service name (e.g. "upload-pack"),
1091 path to the repository, hostname (%H), canonical hostname
1092 (%CH), IP address (%IP), and TCP port (%P) as its command-line
1093 arguments. The external command can decide to decline the
1094 service by exiting with a non-zero status (or to allow it by
1095 exiting with a zero status). It can also look at the $REMOTE_ADDR
1096 and <code>$REMOTE_PORT</code> environment variables to learn about the
1097 requestor when making this decision.
1098 </p>
1099 <div class="paragraph"><p>The external command can optionally write a single line to its
1100 standard output to be sent to the requestor as an error message when
1101 it declines the service.</p></div>
1102 </dd>
1103 <dt class="hdlist1">
1104 &lt;directory&gt;
1105 </dt>
1106 <dd>
1108 The remaining arguments provide a list of directories. If any
1109 directories are specified, then the <code>git-daemon</code> process will
1110 serve a requested directory only if it is contained in one of
1111 these directories. If <code>--strict-paths</code> is specified, then the
1112 requested directory must match one of these directories exactly.
1113 </p>
1114 </dd>
1115 </dl></div>
1116 </div>
1117 </div>
1118 <div class="sect1">
1119 <h2 id="_services">SERVICES</h2>
1120 <div class="sectionbody">
1121 <div class="paragraph"><p>These services can be globally enabled/disabled using the
1122 command-line options of this command. If finer-grained
1123 control is desired (e.g. to allow <em>git archive</em> to be run
1124 against only in a few selected repositories the daemon serves),
1125 the per-repository configuration file can be used to enable or
1126 disable them.</p></div>
1127 <div class="dlist"><dl>
1128 <dt class="hdlist1">
1129 upload-pack
1130 </dt>
1131 <dd>
1133 This serves <em>git fetch-pack</em> and <em>git ls-remote</em>
1134 clients. It is enabled by default, but a repository can
1135 disable it by setting <code>daemon.uploadpack</code> configuration
1136 item to <code>false</code>.
1137 </p>
1138 </dd>
1139 <dt class="hdlist1">
1140 upload-archive
1141 </dt>
1142 <dd>
1144 This serves <em>git archive --remote</em>. It is disabled by
1145 default, but a repository can enable it by setting
1146 <code>daemon.uploadarch</code> configuration item to <code>true</code>.
1147 </p>
1148 </dd>
1149 <dt class="hdlist1">
1150 receive-pack
1151 </dt>
1152 <dd>
1154 This serves <em>git send-pack</em> clients, allowing anonymous
1155 push. It is disabled by default, as there is <em>no</em>
1156 authentication in the protocol (in other words, anybody
1157 can push anything into the repository, including removal
1158 of refs). This is solely meant for a closed LAN setting
1159 where everybody is friendly. This service can be
1160 enabled by setting <code>daemon.receivepack</code> configuration item to
1161 <code>true</code>.
1162 </p>
1163 </dd>
1164 </dl></div>
1165 </div>
1166 </div>
1167 <div class="sect1">
1168 <h2 id="_examples">EXAMPLES</h2>
1169 <div class="sectionbody">
1170 <div class="dlist"><dl>
1171 <dt class="hdlist1">
1172 We assume the following in /etc/services
1173 </dt>
1174 <dd>
1175 <div class="listingblock">
1176 <div class="content">
1177 <pre><code>$ grep 9418 /etc/services
1178 git 9418/tcp # Git Version Control System</code></pre>
1179 </div></div>
1180 </dd>
1181 <dt class="hdlist1">
1182 <em>git daemon</em> as inetd server
1183 </dt>
1184 <dd>
1186 To set up <em>git daemon</em> as an inetd service that handles any
1187 repository within <code>/pub/foo</code> or <code>/pub/bar</code>, place an entry like
1188 the following into <code>/etc/inetd</code> all on one line:
1189 </p>
1190 <div class="listingblock">
1191 <div class="content">
1192 <pre><code> git stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/bin/git
1193 git daemon --inetd --verbose --export-all
1194 /pub/foo /pub/bar</code></pre>
1195 </div></div>
1196 </dd>
1197 <dt class="hdlist1">
1198 <em>git daemon</em> as inetd server for virtual hosts
1199 </dt>
1200 <dd>
1202 To set up <em>git daemon</em> as an inetd service that handles
1203 repositories for different virtual hosts, <code>www.example.com</code>
1204 and <code>www.example.org</code>, place an entry like the following into
1205 <code>/etc/inetd</code> all on one line:
1206 </p>
1207 <div class="listingblock">
1208 <div class="content">
1209 <pre><code> git stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/bin/git
1210 git daemon --inetd --verbose --export-all
1211 --interpolated-path=/pub/%H%D
1212 /pub/www.example.org/software
1213 /pub/www.example.com/software
1214 /software</code></pre>
1215 </div></div>
1216 <div class="paragraph"><p>In this example, the root-level directory <code>/pub</code> will contain
1217 a subdirectory for each virtual host name supported.
1218 Further, both hosts advertise repositories simply as
1219 <code>git://www.example.com/software/repo.git</code>. For pre-1.4.0
1220 clients, a symlink from <code>/software</code> into the appropriate
1221 default repository could be made as well.</p></div>
1222 </dd>
1223 <dt class="hdlist1">
1224 <em>git daemon</em> as regular daemon for virtual hosts
1225 </dt>
1226 <dd>
1228 To set up <em>git daemon</em> as a regular, non-inetd service that
1229 handles repositories for multiple virtual hosts based on
1230 their IP addresses, start the daemon like this:
1231 </p>
1232 <div class="listingblock">
1233 <div class="content">
1234 <pre><code> git daemon --verbose --export-all
1235 --interpolated-path=/pub/%IP/%D
1236 /pub/192.168.1.200/software
1237 /pub/10.10.220.23/software</code></pre>
1238 </div></div>
1239 <div class="paragraph"><p>In this example, the root-level directory <code>/pub</code> will contain
1240 a subdirectory for each virtual host IP address supported.
1241 Repositories can still be accessed by hostname though, assuming
1242 they correspond to these IP addresses.</p></div>
1243 </dd>
1244 <dt class="hdlist1">
1245 selectively enable/disable services per repository
1246 </dt>
1247 <dd>
1249 To enable <em>git archive --remote</em> and disable <em>git fetch</em> against
1250 a repository, have the following in the configuration file in the
1251 repository (that is the file <em>config</em> next to <code>HEAD</code>, <em>refs</em> and
1252 <em>objects</em>).
1253 </p>
1254 <div class="listingblock">
1255 <div class="content">
1256 <pre><code> [daemon]
1257 uploadpack = false
1258 uploadarch = true</code></pre>
1259 </div></div>
1260 </dd>
1261 </dl></div>
1262 </div>
1263 </div>
1264 <div class="sect1">
1265 <h2 id="_environment">ENVIRONMENT</h2>
1266 <div class="sectionbody">
1267 <div class="paragraph"><p><em>git daemon</em> will set REMOTE_ADDR to the IP address of the client
1268 that connected to it, if the IP address is available. REMOTE_ADDR will
1269 be available in the environment of hooks called when
1270 services are performed.</p></div>
1271 </div>
1272 </div>
1273 <div class="sect1">
1274 <h2 id="_git">GIT</h2>
1275 <div class="sectionbody">
1276 <div class="paragraph"><p>Part of the <a href="git.html">git(1)</a> suite</p></div>
1277 </div>
1278 </div>
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