Setting up a git-daemon came up the other day on IRC, and it is slightly non trivial for the uninitiated. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> --- Documentation/howto/use-git-daemon.txt | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 Documentation/howto/use-git-daemon.txt diff --git a/Documentation/howto/use-git-daemon.txt b/Documentation/howto/use-git-daemon.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1a1eb24 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/howto/use-git-daemon.txt @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +How to use git-daemon + +Git can be run in inetd mode and in stand alone mode. But all you want is +let a coworker pull from you, and therefore need to set up a git server +real quick, right? + +Note that git-daemon is not really chatty at the moment, especially when +things do not go according to plan (e.g. a socket could not be bound). + +Another word of warning: if you run + + $ git ls-remote git://127.0.0.1/rule-the-world.git + +and you see a message like + + fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly + +it only means that _something_ went wrong. To find out _what_ went wrong, +you have to ask the server. (Git refuses to be more precise for your +security only. Take off your shoes now. You have any coins in your pockets? +Sorry, not allowed -- who knows what you planned to do with them?) + +With these two caveats, let's see an example: + + $ git daemon --reuseaddr --verbose --base-path=/home/gitte/git \ + --export-all -- /home/gitte/git/rule-the-world.git + +(Of course, unless your user name is `gitte` _and_ your repository is in +~/rule-the-world.git, you have to adjust the paths. If your repository is +not bare, be aware that you have to type the path to the .git directory!) + +This invocation tries to reuse the address if it is already taken +(this can save you some debugging, because otherwise killing and restarting +git-daemon could just silently fail to bind to a socket). + +Also, it is (relatively) verbose when somebody actually connects to it. +It also sets the base path, which means that all the projects which can be +accessed using this daemon have to reside in or under that path. + +The option `--export-all` just means that you _don't_ have to create a +file named `git-daemon-export-ok` in each exported repository. (Otherwise, +git-daemon would complain loudly, and refuse to cooperate.) + +Last of all, the repository which should be exported is specified. It is +a good practice to put the paths after a "--" separator. + +Now, test your daemon with + + $ git ls-remote git://127.0.0.1/rule-the-world.git + +If this does not work, find out why, and submit a patch to this document. + -- 1.5.1.rc1.2288.g29e7 - 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