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 <h1>
 git-daemon(1) Manual Page
 </h1>
 <h2>NAME</h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
 <p>git-daemon -
    A really simple server for Git repositories
 </p>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div id="content">
 <div class="sect1">
 <h2 id="_synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
 <div class="verseblock">
 <pre class="content"><em>git daemon</em> [--verbose] [--syslog] [--export-all]
              [--timeout=&lt;n&gt;] [--init-timeout=&lt;n&gt;] [--max-connections=&lt;n&gt;]
              [--strict-paths] [--base-path=&lt;path&gt;] [--base-path-relaxed]
              [--user-path | --user-path=&lt;path&gt;]
              [--interpolated-path=&lt;pathtemplate&gt;]
              [--reuseaddr] [--detach] [--pid-file=&lt;file&gt;]
              [--enable=&lt;service&gt;] [--disable=&lt;service&gt;]
              [--allow-override=&lt;service&gt;] [--forbid-override=&lt;service&gt;]
              [--access-hook=&lt;path&gt;] [--[no-]informative-errors]
              [--inetd |
               [--listen=&lt;host_or_ipaddr&gt;] [--port=&lt;n&gt;]
               [--user=&lt;user&gt; [--group=&lt;group&gt;]]]
              [--log-destination=(stderr|syslog|none)]
              [&lt;directory&gt;&#8230;]</pre>
 <div class="attribution">
 </div></div>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect1">
 <h2 id="_description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
 <div class="paragraph"><p>A 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.</p></div>
 <div class="paragraph"><p>It verifies that the directory has the magic file "git-daemon-export-ok", and
 it will refuse to export any Git directory that hasn&#8217;t explicitly been marked
 for export this way (unless the <code>--export-all</code> parameter is specified). If you
 pass some directory paths as <em>git daemon</em> arguments, you can further restrict
 the offers to a whitelist comprising of those.</p></div>
 <div class="paragraph"><p>By default, only <code>upload-pack</code> service is enabled, which serves
 <em>git fetch-pack</em> and <em>git ls-remote</em> clients, which are invoked
 from <em>git fetch</em>, <em>git pull</em>, and <em>git clone</em>.</p></div>
 <div class="paragraph"><p>This is ideally suited for read-only updates, i.e., pulling from
 Git repositories.</p></div>
 <div class="paragraph"><p>An <code>upload-archive</code> also exists to serve <em>git archive</em>.</p></div>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect1">
 <h2 id="_options">OPTIONS</h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
 <div class="dlist"><dl>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --strict-paths
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
         Match paths exactly (i.e. don&#8217;t allow "/foo/repo" when the real path is
         "/foo/repo.git" or "/foo/repo/.git") and don&#8217;t do user-relative paths.
         <em>git daemon</em> will refuse to start when this option is enabled and no
         whitelist is specified.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --base-path=&lt;path&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
         Remap all the path requests as relative to the given path.
         This is sort of "Git root" - if you run <em>git daemon</em> with
         <em>--base-path=/srv/git</em> on example.com, then if you later try to pull
         <em>git://example.com/hello.git</em>, <em>git daemon</em> will interpret the path
         as <em>/srv/git/hello.git</em>.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --base-path-relaxed
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
         If --base-path is enabled and repo lookup fails, with this option
         <em>git daemon</em> will attempt to lookup without prefixing the base path.
         This is useful for switching to --base-path usage, while still
         allowing the old paths.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --interpolated-path=&lt;pathtemplate&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
         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 server&#8217;s 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.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --export-all
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
         Allow pulling from all directories that look like Git repositories
         (have the <em>objects</em> and <em>refs</em> subdirectories), even if they
         do not have the <em>git-daemon-export-ok</em> file.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --inetd
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
         Have the server run as an inetd service. Implies --syslog (may be
         overridden with <code>--log-destination=</code>).
         Incompatible with --detach, --port, --listen, --user and --group
         options.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --listen=&lt;host_or_ipaddr&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
         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 <code>--inetd</code> option.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --port=&lt;n&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
         Listen on an alternative port.  Incompatible with <code>--inetd</code> option.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --init-timeout=&lt;n&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
         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).
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --timeout=&lt;n&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
         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 client&#8217;s request.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --max-connections=&lt;n&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
         Maximum number of concurrent clients, defaults to 32.  Set it to
         zero for no limit.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --syslog
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
         Short for <code>--log-destination=syslog</code>.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --log-destination=&lt;destination&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
         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 &lt;destination&gt; must be one of:
 </p>
 <div class="openblock">
 <div class="content">
 <div class="dlist"><dl>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 stderr
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
         Write to standard error.
         Note that if <code>--detach</code> is specified,
         the process disconnects from the real standard error,
         making this destination effectively equivalent to <code>none</code>.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 syslog
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
         Write to syslog, using the <code>git-daemon</code> identifier.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 none
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
         Disable all logging.
 </p>
 </dd>
 </dl></div>
 </div></div>
 <div class="paragraph"><p>The default destination is <code>syslog</code> if <code>--inetd</code> or <code>--detach</code> is specified,
 otherwise <code>stderr</code>.</p></div>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --user-path
 </dt>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --user-path=&lt;path&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
         Allow &#126;user notation to be used in requests.  When
         specified with no parameter, requests to
         git://host/&#126;alice/foo is taken as a request to access
         <em>foo</em> repository in the home directory of user <code>alice</code>.
         If <code>--user-path=path</code> is specified, the same request is
         taken as a request to access <code>path/foo</code> repository in
         the home directory of user <code>alice</code>.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --verbose
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
         Log details about the incoming connections and requested files.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --reuseaddr
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
         Use SO_REUSEADDR when binding the listening socket.
         This allows the server to restart without waiting for
         old connections to time out.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --detach
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
         Detach from the shell. Implies --syslog.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --pid-file=&lt;file&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
         Save the process id in <em>file</em>.  Ignored when the daemon
         is run under <code>--inetd</code>.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --user=&lt;user&gt;
 </dt>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --group=&lt;group&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
         Change daemon&#8217;s uid and gid before entering the service loop.
         When only <code>--user</code> is given without <code>--group</code>, the
         primary group ID for the user is used.  The values of
         the option are given to <code>getpwnam(3)</code> and <code>getgrnam(3)</code>
         and numeric IDs are not supported.
 </p>
 <div class="paragraph"><p>Giving these options is an error when used with <code>--inetd</code>; use
 the facility of inet daemon to achieve the same before spawning
 <em>git daemon</em> if needed.</p></div>
 <div class="paragraph"><p>Like many programs that switch user id, the daemon does not reset
 environment variables such as <code>$HOME</code> when it runs git programs,
 e.g. <code>upload-pack</code> and <code>receive-pack</code>. When using this option, you
 may also want to set and export <code>HOME</code> to point at the home
 directory of <code>&lt;user&gt;</code> before starting the daemon, and make sure any
 Git configuration files in that directory are readable by <code>&lt;user&gt;</code>.</p></div>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --enable=&lt;service&gt;
 </dt>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --disable=&lt;service&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
         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.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --allow-override=&lt;service&gt;
 </dt>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --forbid-override=&lt;service&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
         Allow/forbid overriding the site-wide default with per
         repository configuration.  By default, all the services
         may be overridden.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --[no-]informative-errors
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
         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.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 --access-hook=&lt;path&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
         Every time a client connects, first run an external command
         specified by the &lt;path&gt; 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 $REMOTE_ADDR
         and <code>$REMOTE_PORT</code> environment variables to learn about the
         requestor when making this decision.
 </p>
 <div class="paragraph"><p>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.</p></div>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 &lt;directory&gt;
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
         A directory to add to the whitelist of allowed directories. Unless
         --strict-paths is specified this will also include subdirectories
         of each named directory.
 </p>
 </dd>
 </dl></div>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect1">
 <h2 id="_services">SERVICES</h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
 <div class="paragraph"><p>These services can be globally enabled/disabled using the
 command-line options of this command.  If finer-grained
 control is desired (e.g. to allow <em>git archive</em> 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.</p></div>
 <div class="dlist"><dl>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 upload-pack
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
         This serves <em>git fetch-pack</em> and <em>git ls-remote</em>
         clients.  It is enabled by default, but a repository can
         disable it by setting <code>daemon.uploadpack</code> configuration
         item to <code>false</code>.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 upload-archive
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
         This serves <em>git archive --remote</em>.  It is disabled by
         default, but a repository can enable it by setting
         <code>daemon.uploadarch</code> configuration item to <code>true</code>.
 </p>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 receive-pack
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
         This serves <em>git send-pack</em> clients, allowing anonymous
         push.  It is disabled by default, as there is <em>no</em>
         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 <code>daemon.receivepack</code> configuration item to
         <code>true</code>.
 </p>
 </dd>
 </dl></div>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect1">
 <h2 id="_examples">EXAMPLES</h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
 <div class="dlist"><dl>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 We assume the following in /etc/services
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <div class="listingblock">
 <div class="content">
 <pre><code>$ grep 9418 /etc/services
 git             9418/tcp                # Git Version Control System</code></pre>
 </div></div>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 <em>git daemon</em> as inetd server
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
         To set up <em>git daemon</em> 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:
 </p>
 <div class="listingblock">
 <div class="content">
 <pre><code>        git stream tcp nowait nobody  /usr/bin/git
                 git daemon --inetd --verbose --export-all
                 /pub/foo /pub/bar</code></pre>
 </div></div>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 <em>git daemon</em> as inetd server for virtual hosts
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
         To set up <em>git daemon</em> as an inetd service that handles
         repositories for different virtual hosts, <code>www.example.com</code>
         and <code>www.example.org</code>, place an entry like the following into
         <code>/etc/inetd</code> all on one line:
 </p>
 <div class="listingblock">
 <div class="content">
 <pre><code>        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
                 /software</code></pre>
 </div></div>
 <div class="paragraph"><p>In this example, the root-level directory <code>/pub</code> will contain
 a subdirectory for each virtual host name supported.
 Further, both hosts advertise repositories simply as
 <code>git://www.example.com/software/repo.git</code>.  For pre-1.4.0
 clients, a symlink from <code>/software</code> into the appropriate
 default repository could be made as well.</p></div>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 <em>git daemon</em> as regular daemon for virtual hosts
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
         To set up <em>git daemon</em> as a regular, non-inetd service that
         handles repositories for multiple virtual hosts based on
         their IP addresses, start the daemon like this:
 </p>
 <div class="listingblock">
 <div class="content">
 <pre><code>        git daemon --verbose --export-all
                 --interpolated-path=/pub/%IP/%D
                 /pub/192.168.1.200/software
                 /pub/10.10.220.23/software</code></pre>
 </div></div>
 <div class="paragraph"><p>In this example, the root-level directory <code>/pub</code> 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.</p></div>
 </dd>
 <dt class="hdlist1">
 selectively enable/disable services per repository
 </dt>
 <dd>
 <p>
         To enable <em>git archive --remote</em> and disable <em>git fetch</em> against
         a repository, have the following in the configuration file in the
         repository (that is the file <em>config</em> next to <code>HEAD</code>, <em>refs</em> and
         <em>objects</em>).
 </p>
 <div class="listingblock">
 <div class="content">
 <pre><code>        [daemon]
                 uploadpack = false
                 uploadarch = true</code></pre>
 </div></div>
 </dd>
 </dl></div>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect1">
 <h2 id="_environment">ENVIRONMENT</h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
 <div class="paragraph"><p><em>git daemon</em> 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.</p></div>
 </div>
 </div>
 <div class="sect1">
 <h2 id="_git">GIT</h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
 <div class="paragraph"><p>Part of the <a href="git.html">git(1)</a> suite</p></div>
 </div>
 </div>
 </div>
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