I just came across an interesting file system driver that allows to mount
WebDAV resources into file system tree: davfs2. I though it would be worth
mentioning this on setup-git-server-over-http.txt.
I also added a header for the "testing" section.
Signed-off-by: Giovanni Funchal <gafunchal@xxxxxxxxx>
---
davfs2 seems pretty stable and performance is quite good.
Documentation/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt b/Documentation/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt
index 4032748..cde6f56 100644
--- a/Documentation/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt
+++ b/Documentation/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ Now go to http://<username>@<servername>/my-new-repo.git in your
browser to check whether it asks for a password and accepts the right
password.
+
+Step 2 1/2: testing your WebDAD server
+--------------------------------------
+
On Debian:
To test the WebDAV part, do:
@@ -173,9 +177,18 @@ On Debian:
Most tests should pass.
-A command line tool to test WebDAV is cadaver. If you prefer GUIs, for
-example, konqueror can open WebDAV URLs as "webdav://..." or
-"webdavs://...".
+An alternative is to use davfs2, a driver that allows monting a WebDAV
+resource into the system tree. This requires root access and kernel
+support (probably your kernel includes this).
+
+ $ apt-get install davfs2
+ $ mkdir -p /mnt/webdav
+ $ mount -t davfs http://<servername>/ /mnt/webdav
+ $ ls /mnt/webdav
+ $ umount /mnt/webdav
+
+If you prefer GUIs, for example, konqueror can open WebDAV URLs as
+"webdav://..." or "webdavs://...".
If you're into Windows, from XP onwards Internet Explorer supports
WebDAV. For this, do Internet Explorer -> Open Location ->
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