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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt b/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt index 022a2433a8..99dbbfb966 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt @@ -41,29 +41,24 @@ http.receivepack:: URL TRANSLATION --------------- -'git-http-backend' relies on the invoking web server to perform -URL to path translation, and store the repository path into the -PATH_TRANSLATED environment variable. Most web servers will do -this translation automatically, resolving the suffix after the -CGI name relative to the server's document root. +To determine the location of the repository on disk, 'git-http-backend' +concatenates the environment variables PATH_INFO, which is set +automatically by the web server, and GIT_PROJECT_ROOT, which must be set +manually in the web server configuration. If GIT_PROJECT_ROOT is not +set, 'git-http-backend' reads PATH_TRANSLATED, which is also set +automatically by the web server. EXAMPLES -------- Apache 2.x:: - To serve all Git repositories contained within the '/git/' - subdirectory of the DocumentRoot, ensure mod_cgi and - mod_alias are enabled, and create a ScriptAlias to the CGI: + Ensure mod_cgi, mod_alias, and mod_env are enabled, set + GIT_PROJECT_ROOT (or DocumentRoot) appropriately, and + create a ScriptAlias to the CGI: + ---------------------------------------------------------------- -ScriptAlias /git/ /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend/git/ - -<Directory /usr/libexec/git-core> - Options None -</Directory> -<Files /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend> - Options ExecCGI -</Files> +SetEnv GIT_PROJECT_ROOT /var/www/git +ScriptAlias /git/ /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- + To enable anonymous read access but authenticated write access, @@ -78,16 +73,16 @@ require authorization with a LocationMatch directive: </LocationMatch> ---------------------------------------------------------------- + -To require authentication for both reads and writes, use a Directory +To require authentication for both reads and writes, use a Location directive around the repository, or one of its parent directories: + ---------------------------------------------------------------- -<Directory /var/www/git/private> +<Location /git/private> AuthType Basic AuthName "Private Git Access" Require group committers ... -</Directory> +</Location> ---------------------------------------------------------------- Accelerated static Apache 2.x:: @@ -97,9 +92,9 @@ Accelerated static Apache 2.x:: file contents from the file system directly to the network: + ---------------------------------------------------------------- -DocumentRoot /var/www +SetEnv GIT_PROJECT_ROOT /var/www/git -ScriptAlias /git/ /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend/git/ +ScriptAlias /git/ /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend/ Alias /git_static/ /var/www/git/ RewriteEngine on @@ -114,7 +109,7 @@ ENVIRONMENT 'git-http-backend' relies upon the CGI environment variables set by the invoking web server, including: -* PATH_TRANSLATED +* PATH_INFO (if GIT_PROJECT_ROOT is set, otherwise PATH_TRANSLATED) * REMOTE_USER * REMOTE_ADDR * CONTENT_TYPE |