GIT−DAEMON - Online Linux Manual PageSection : 1
Updated : 03/10/2021
Source : Git 2​.30​.2
Note : Git Manual

NAMEgit-daemon − A really simple server for Git repositories

SYNOPSISgit daemon [−−verbose] [−−syslog] [−−export−all] [−−timeout=<n>] [−−init−timeout=<n>] [−−max−connections=<n>] [−−strict−paths] [−−base−path=<path>] [−−base−path−relaxed] [−−user−path | −−user−path=<path>] [−−interpolated−path=<pathtemplate>] [−−reuseaddr] [−−detach] [−−pid−file=<file>] [−−enable=<service>] [−−disable=<service>] [−−allow−override=<service>] [−−forbid−override=<service>] [−−access−hook=<path>] [−−[no−]informative−errors] [−−inetd | [−−listen=<host_or_ipaddr>] [−−port=<n>] [−−user=<user> [−−group=<group>]]] [−−log−destination=(stderr|syslog|none)] [<directory>​...]

DESCRIPTIONA really simple TCP Git daemon that normally listens on port "DEFAULT_GIT_PORT" aka 9418​. It waits for a connection asking for a service, and will serve that service if it is enabled​. It verifies that the directory has the magic file "git−daemon−export−ok", and it will refuse to export any Git directory that hasnt explicitly been marked for export this way (unless the −−export−all parameter is specified)​. If you pass some directory paths as git daemon arguments, you can further restrict the offers to a whitelist comprising of those​. By default, only upload−pack service is enabled, which serves git fetch−pack and git ls−remote clients, which are invoked from git fetch, git pull, and git clone​. This is ideally suited for read−only updates, i​.e​., pulling from Git repositories​. An upload−archive also exists to serve git archive​.

OPTIONS−−strict−paths Match paths exactly (i​.e​. dont allow "/foo/repo" when the real path is "/foo/repo​.git" or "/foo/repo/​.git") and dont do user−relative paths​. git daemon will refuse to start when this option is enabled and no whitelist is specified​. −−base−path=<path> Remap all the path requests as relative to the given path​. This is sort of "Git root" − if you run git daemon with −−base−path=/srv/git on example​.com, then if you later try to pull git://example​.com/hello​.git, git daemon will interpret the path as /srv/git/hello​.git​. −−base−path−relaxed If −−base−path is enabled and repo lookup fails, with this option git daemon will attempt to lookup without prefixing the base path​. This is useful for switching to −−base−path usage, while still allowing the old paths​. −−interpolated−path=<pathtemplate> To support virtual hosting, an interpolated path template can be used to dynamically construct alternate paths​. The template supports %H for the target hostname as supplied by the client but converted to all lowercase, %CH for the canonical hostname, %IP for the servers IP address, %P for the port number, and %D for the absolute path of the named repository​. After interpolation, the path is validated against the directory whitelist​. −−export−all Allow pulling from all directories that look like Git repositories (have the objects and refs subdirectories), even if they do not have the git−daemon−export−ok file​. −−inetd Have the server run as an inetd service​. Implies −−syslog (may be overridden with −−log−destination=)​. Incompatible with −−detach, −−port, −−listen, −−user and −−group options​. −−listen=<host_or_ipaddr> Listen on a specific IP address or hostname​. IP addresses can be either an IPv4 address or an IPv6 address if supported​. If IPv6 is not supported, then −−listen=hostname is also not supported and −−listen must be given an IPv4 address​. Can be given more than once​. Incompatible with −−inetd option​. −−port=<n> Listen on an alternative port​. Incompatible with −−inetd option​. −−init−timeout=<n> Timeout (in seconds) between the moment the connection is established and the client request is received (typically a rather low value, since that should be basically immediate)​. −−timeout=<n> Timeout (in seconds) for specific client sub−requests​. This includes the time it takes for the server to process the sub−request and the time spent waiting for the next clients request​. −−max−connections=<n> Maximum number of concurrent clients, defaults to 32​. Set it to zero for no limit​. −−syslog Short for −−log−destination=syslog​. −−log−destination=<destination> Send log messages to the specified destination​. Note that this option does not imply −−verbose, thus by default only error conditions will be logged​. The <destination> must be one of: stderr Write to standard error​. Note that if −−detach is specified, the process disconnects from the real standard error, making this destination effectively equivalent to none​. syslog Write to syslog, using the git−daemon identifier​. none Disable all logging​. The default destination is syslog if −−inetd or −−detach is specified, otherwise stderr​. −−user−path, −−user−path=<path> Allow ~user notation to be used in requests​. When specified with no parameter, requests to git://host/~alice/foo is taken as a request to access foo repository in the home directory of user alice​. If −−user−path=path is specified, the same request is taken as a request to access path/foo repository in the home directory of user alice​. −−verbose Log details about the incoming connections and requested files​. −−reuseaddr Use SO_REUSEADDR when binding the listening socket​. This allows the server to restart without waiting for old connections to time out​. −−detach Detach from the shell​. Implies −−syslog​. −−pid−file=<file> Save the process id in file​. Ignored when the daemon is run under −−inetd​. −−user=<user>, −−group=<group> Change daemons uid and gid before entering the service loop​. When only −−user is given without −−group, the primary group ID for the user is used​. The values of the option are given to getpwnam(3) and getgrnam(3) and numeric IDs are not supported​. Giving these options is an error when used with −−inetd; use the facility of inet daemon to achieve the same before spawning git daemon if needed​. Like many programs that switch user id, the daemon does not reset environment variables such as $HOME when it runs git programs, e​.g​. upload−pack and receive−pack​. When using this option, you may also want to set and export HOME to point at the home directory of <user> before starting the daemon, and make sure any Git configuration files in that directory are readable by <user>​. −−enable=<service>, −−disable=<service> Enable/disable the service site−wide per default​. Note that a service disabled site−wide can still be enabled per repository if it is marked overridable and the repository enables the service with a configuration item​. −−allow−override=<service>, −−forbid−override=<service> Allow/forbid overriding the site−wide default with per repository configuration​. By default, all the services may be overridden​. −−[no−]informative−errors When informative errors are turned on, git−daemon will report more verbose errors to the client, differentiating conditions like "no such repository" from "repository not exported"​. This is more convenient for clients, but may leak information about the existence of unexported repositories​. When informative errors are not enabled, all errors report "access denied" to the client​. The default is −−no−informative−errors​. −−access−hook=<path> Every time a client connects, first run an external command specified by the <path> with service name (e​.g​. "upload−pack"), path to the repository, hostname (%H), canonical hostname (%CH), IP address (%IP), and TCP port (%P) as its command−line arguments​. The external command can decide to decline the service by exiting with a non−zero status (or to allow it by exiting with a zero status)​. It can also look at the $REMOTE_ADDR and $REMOTE_PORT environment variables to learn about the requestor when making this decision​. The external command can optionally write a single line to its standard output to be sent to the requestor as an error message when it declines the service​. <directory> A directory to add to the whitelist of allowed directories​. Unless −−strict−paths is specified this will also include subdirectories of each named directory​.

SERVICESThese services can be globally enabled/disabled using the command−line options of this command​. If finer−grained control is desired (e​.g​. to allow git archive to be run against only in a few selected repositories the daemon serves), the per−repository configuration file can be used to enable or disable them​. upload−pack This serves git fetch−pack and git ls−remote clients​. It is enabled by default, but a repository can disable it by setting daemon​.uploadpack configuration item to false​. upload−archive This serves git archive −−remote​. It is disabled by default, but a repository can enable it by setting daemon​.uploadarch configuration item to true​. receive−pack This serves git send−pack clients, allowing anonymous push​. It is disabled by default, as there is no authentication in the protocol (in other words, anybody can push anything into the repository, including removal of refs)​. This is solely meant for a closed LAN setting where everybody is friendly​. This service can be enabled by setting daemon​.receivepack configuration item to true​.

EXAMPLESWe assume the following in /etc/services $ grep 9418 /etc/services git 9418/tcp # Git Version Control Systemgit daemon as inetd server To set up git daemon as an inetd service that handles any repository under the whitelisted set of directories, /pub/foo and /pub/bar, place an entry like the following into /etc/inetd all on one line: git stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/bin/git git daemon −−inetd −−verbose −−export−all /pub/foo /pub/bargit daemon as inetd server for virtual hosts To set up git daemon as an inetd service that handles repositories for different virtual hosts, www​.example​.com and www​.example​.org, place an entry like the following into /etc/inetd all on one line: git stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/bin/git git daemon −−inetd −−verbose −−export−all −−interpolated−path=/pub/%H%D /pub/www​.example​.org/software /pub/www​.example​.com/software /softwareIn this example, the root−level directory /pub will contain a subdirectory for each virtual host name supported​. Further, both hosts advertise repositories simply as git://www​.example​.com/software/repo​.git​. For pre−1​.4​.0 clients, a symlink from /software into the appropriate default repository could be made as well​. git daemon as regular daemon for virtual hosts To set up git daemon as a regular, non−inetd service that handles repositories for multiple virtual hosts based on their IP addresses, start the daemon like this: git daemon −−verbose −−export−all −−interpolated−path=/pub/%IP/%D /pub/192​.168​.1​.200/software /pub/10​.10​.220​.23/softwareIn this example, the root−level directory /pub will contain a subdirectory for each virtual host IP address supported​. Repositories can still be accessed by hostname though, assuming they correspond to these IP addresses​. selectively enable/disable services per repository To enable git archive −−remote and disable git fetch against a repository, have the following in the configuration file in the repository (that is the file config next to HEAD, refs and objects)​. [daemon] uploadpack = false uploadarch = true

ENVIRONMENTgit daemon will set REMOTE_ADDR to the IP address of the client that connected to it, if the IP address is available​. REMOTE_ADDR will be available in the environment of hooks called when services are performed​.

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