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| author | Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> | 2023-10-08 06:45:03 +0000 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2023-10-09 12:04:21 -0700 |
| commit | cf6cac20059123d6ec3f867bb3692df62db52cf9 (patch) | |
| tree | 99e0ee363183782b239257d69d28282c44100136 /Documentation/git-http-backend.txt | |
| parent | 3a06386e314565108ad56a9bdb8f7b80ac52fb69 (diff) | |
| download | git-cf6cac20059123d6ec3f867bb3692df62db52cf9.tar.gz | |
documentation: wording improvements
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Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-http-backend.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-http-backend.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt b/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt index 0c5c0dde19..f37ddaded8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ discussion of `GIT_PROTOCOL` in the ENVIRONMENT section below. It verifies that the directory has the magic file "git-daemon-export-ok", and it will refuse to export any Git directory that hasn't explicitly been marked for export this way (unless the -`GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL` environmental variable is set). +`GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL` environment variable is set). By default, only the `upload-pack` service is enabled, which serves 'git fetch-pack' and 'git ls-remote' clients, which are invoked from @@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ http.getanyfile:: any file within the repository, including objects that are no longer reachable from a branch but are still present. It is enabled by default, but a repository can disable it - by setting this configuration item to `false`. + by setting this configuration value to `false`. http.uploadpack:: This serves 'git fetch-pack' and 'git ls-remote' clients. It is enabled by default, but a repository can disable it - by setting this configuration item to `false`. + by setting this configuration value to `false`. http.receivepack:: This serves 'git send-pack' clients, allowing push. It is @@ -265,12 +265,12 @@ by the invoking web server, including: * QUERY_STRING * REQUEST_METHOD -The `GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL` environmental variable may be passed to +The `GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL` environment variable may be passed to 'git-http-backend' to bypass the check for the "git-daemon-export-ok" file in each repository before allowing export of that repository. The `GIT_HTTP_MAX_REQUEST_BUFFER` environment variable (or the -`http.maxRequestBuffer` config variable) may be set to change the +`http.maxRequestBuffer` config option) may be set to change the largest ref negotiation request that git will handle during a fetch; any fetch requiring a larger buffer will not succeed. This value should not normally need to be changed, but may be helpful if you are fetching from |