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31 git-upload-pack \- Send objects packed back to git\-fetch\-pack
35 \fIgit\-upload\-pack\fR [\-\-[no\-]strict] [\-\-timeout=<n>] [\-\-stateless\-rpc]
36 [\-\-advertise\-refs] <directory>
40 Invoked by \fIgit fetch\-pack\fR, learns what objects the other side is missing, and sends them after packing\&.
42 This command is usually not invoked directly by the end user\&. The UI for the protocol is on the \fIgit fetch\-pack\fR side, and the program pair is meant to be used to pull updates from a remote repository\&. For push operations, see \fIgit send\-pack\fR\&.
47 Do not try <directory>/\&.git/ if <directory> is not a Git directory\&.
52 Interrupt transfer after <n> seconds of inactivity\&.
57 Perform only a single read\-write cycle with stdin and stdout\&. This fits with the HTTP POST request processing model where a program may read the request, write a response, and must exit\&.
60 \-\-http\-backend\-info\-refs
63 \fBgit-http-backend\fR(1)
65 \fB$GIT_URL/info/refs?service=git\-upload\-pack\fR
66 requests\&. See "Smart Clients" in
67 \fBgitprotocol-http\fR(5)
68 and "HTTP Transport" in the
69 \fBgitprotocol-v2\fR(5)
70 documentation\&. Also understood by
71 \fBgit-receive-pack\fR(1)\&.
76 The repository to sync from\&.
82 Internal variable used for handshaking the wire protocol\&. Server admins may need to configure some transports to allow this variable to be passed\&. See the discussion in
86 \fBGIT_NO_LAZY_FETCH\fR
88 When cloning or fetching from a partial repository (i\&.e\&., one itself cloned with
89 \fB\-\-filter\fR), the server\-side
91 may need to fetch extra objects from its upstream in order to complete the request\&. By default,
93 will refuse to perform such a lazy fetch, because
95 may run arbitrary commands specified in configuration and hooks of the source repository (and
97 tries to be safe to run even in untrusted
101 This is implemented by having
104 \fBGIT_NO_LAZY_FETCH\fR
106 \fB1\fR\&. If you want to override it (because you are fetching from a partial clone, and you are sure you trust it), you can explicitly set
107 \fBGIT_NO_LAZY_FETCH\fR
113 Most Git commands should not be run in an untrusted \fB\&.git\fR directory (see the section \fBSECURITY\fR in \fBgit\fR(1))\&. \fBupload\-pack\fR tries to avoid any dangerous configuration options or hooks from the repository it\(cqs serving, making it safe to clone an untrusted directory and run commands on the resulting clone\&.
115 For an extra level of safety, you may be able to run \fBupload\-pack\fR as an alternate user\&. The details will be platform dependent, but on many systems you can run:
121 git clone \-\-no\-local \-\-upload\-pack=\*(Aqsudo \-u nobody git\-upload\-pack\*(Aq \&.\&.\&.
128 \fBgitnamespaces\fR(7)
131 Part of the \fBgit\fR(1) suite