On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Tajti Ákos <akos.tajti@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > we wrote a servlet that is basically a proxy for git-http-backend. We want > to control who can create a new branch. Is there a way to reject a push that > would create a new branch (without using hooks)? Not easily. Is the servlet in Java? You might want to consider just embedding JGit[1] and using that. JGit will let your servlet install an implementation of its PreReceiveHook interface where you can inspect the parsed protocol data, decide what to do, and reject it or allow it through. To reject before it makes it to git-http-backend you need to parse the incoming data stream, decode the commands, and then forward the unparsed stream to git-http-backend. If you are in Java you might be able to reuse some of the JGit classes to help you parse the protocol. Maybe. Those classes weren't really built to be used on their own. [1] http://www.eclipse.org/jgit/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html