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| 1 | +git-remote-ext(1) |
| 2 | +================= |
| 3 | + |
| 4 | +NAME |
| 5 | +---- |
| 6 | +git-remote-ext - Bridge smart transport to external command. |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +SYNOPSIS |
| 9 | +-------- |
| 10 | +git remote add nick "ext::<command>[ <arguments>...]" |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +DESCRIPTION |
| 13 | +----------- |
| 14 | +This remote helper uses the specified 'program' to connect |
| 15 | +to a remote git server. |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +Data written to stdin of this specified 'program' is assumed |
| 18 | +to be sent to git:// server, git-upload-pack, git-receive-pack |
| 19 | +or git-upload-archive (depending on situation), and data read |
| 20 | +from stdout of this program is assumed to be received from |
| 21 | +the same service. |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +Command and arguments are separated by unescaped space. |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +The following sequences have a special meaning: |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +'% ':: |
| 28 | + Literal space in command or argument. |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +'%%':: |
| 31 | + Literal percent sign. |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +'%s':: |
| 34 | + Replaced with name (receive-pack, upload-pack, or |
| 35 | + upload-archive) of the service git wants to invoke. |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +'%S':: |
| 38 | + Replaced with long name (git-receive-pack, |
| 39 | + git-upload-pack, or git-upload-archive) of the service |
| 40 | + git wants to invoke. |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +'%G' (must be first characters in argument):: |
| 43 | + This argument will not be passed to 'program'. Instead, it |
| 44 | + will cause helper to start by sending git:// service request to |
| 45 | + remote side with service field set to approiate value and |
| 46 | + repository field set to rest of the argument. Default is not to send |
| 47 | + such request. |
| 48 | ++ |
| 49 | +This is useful if remote side is git:// server accessed over |
| 50 | +some tunnel. |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +'%V' (must be first characters in argument):: |
| 53 | + This argument will not be passed to 'program'. Instead it sets |
| 54 | + the vhost field in git:// service request (to rest of the argument). |
| 55 | + Default is not to send vhost in such request (if sent). |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES: |
| 58 | +---------------------- |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +GIT_TRANSLOOP_DEBUG:: |
| 61 | + If set, prints debugging information about various reads/writes. |
| 62 | + |
| 63 | +ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES PASSED TO COMMAND: |
| 64 | +---------------------------------------- |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +GIT_EXT_SERVICE:: |
| 67 | + Set to long name (git-upload-pack, etc...) of service helper needs |
| 68 | + to invoke. |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +GIT_EXT_SERVICE_NOPREFIX:: |
| 71 | + Set to long name (upload-pack, etc...) of service helper needs |
| 72 | + to invoke. |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | + |
| 75 | +EXAMPLES: |
| 76 | +--------- |
| 77 | +This remote helper is transparently used by git when |
| 78 | +you use commands such as "git fetch <URL>", "git clone <URL>", |
| 79 | +, "git push <URL>" or "git remote add nick <URL>", where <URL> |
| 80 | +begins with `ext::`. Examples: |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | +"ext::ssh -i /home/foo/.ssh/somekey user@host.example %S 'foo/repo'":: |
| 83 | + Like host.example:foo/repo, but use /home/foo/.ssh/somekey as |
| 84 | + keypair and user as user on remote side. This avoids needing to |
| 85 | + edit .ssh/config. |
| 86 | + |
| 87 | +"ext::socat -t3600 - ABSTRACT-CONNECT:/git-server %G/somerepo":: |
| 88 | + Represents repository with path /somerepo accessable over |
| 89 | + git protocol at abstract namespace address /git-server. |
| 90 | + |
| 91 | +"ext::git-server-alias foo %G/repo":: |
| 92 | + Represents a repository with path /repo accessed using the |
| 93 | + helper program "git-server-alias foo". The path to the |
| 94 | + repository and type of request are not passed on the command |
| 95 | + line but as part of the protocol stream, as usual with git:// |
| 96 | + protocol. |
| 97 | + |
| 98 | +"ext::git-server-alias foo %G/repo %Vfoo":: |
| 99 | + Represents a repository with path /repo accessed using the |
| 100 | + helper program "git-server-alias foo". The hostname for the |
| 101 | + remote server passed in the protocol stream will be "foo" |
| 102 | + (this allows multiple virtual git servers to share a |
| 103 | + link-level address). |
| 104 | + |
| 105 | +"ext::git-server-alias foo %G/repo% with% spaces %Vfoo":: |
| 106 | + Represents a repository with path '/repo with spaces' accessed |
| 107 | + using the helper program "git-server-alias foo". The hostname for |
| 108 | + the remote server passed in the protocol stream will be "foo" |
| 109 | + (this allows multiple virtual git servers to share a |
| 110 | + link-level address). |
| 111 | + |
| 112 | +"ext::git-ssl foo.example /bar":: |
| 113 | + Represents a repository accessed using the helper program |
| 114 | + "git-ssl foo.example /bar". The type of request can be |
| 115 | + determined by the helper using environment variables (see |
| 116 | + above). |
| 117 | + |
| 118 | +Documentation |
| 119 | +-------------- |
| 120 | +Documentation by Ilari Liusvaara, Jonathan Nieder and the git list |
| 121 | +<git@vger.kernel.org> |
| 122 | + |
| 123 | +GIT |
| 124 | +--- |
| 125 | +Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |
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