[PATCH v5 17/28] http-backend: reword some documentation
From: Mark Lodato <lodatom@gmail.com>
Clarify some of the git-http-backend documentation, particularly:
* In the Description, state that smart/dumb HTTP fetch and smart HTTP
push are supported, state that authenticated clients allow push, and
remove the note that this is only suited for read-only updates.
* At the start of Examples, state explicitly what URL is mapping to what
location on disk.
Signed-off-by: Mark Lodato <lodatom@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
---
Documentation/git-http-backend.txt | 12 ++++++++----
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt b/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt
index 99dbbfb..0b5e951 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt
@@ -14,13 +14,15 @@ DESCRIPTION
-----------
A simple CGI program to serve the contents of a Git repository to Git
clients accessing the repository over http:// and https:// protocols.
+The program supports clients fetching using both the smart HTTP protcol
+and the backwards-compatible dumb HTTP protocol, as well as clients
+pushing using the smart HTTP protocol.
By default, only the `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.
+'git-fetch', 'git-pull', and 'git-clone'. If the client is authenticated,
+the `receive-pack` service is enabled, which serves 'git-send-pack'
+clients, which is invoked from 'git-push'.
SERVICES
--------
@@ -50,6 +52,8 @@ automatically by the web server.
EXAMPLES
--------
+All of the following examples map 'http://$hostname/git/foo/bar.git'
+to '/var/www/git/foo/bar.git'.
Apache 2.x::
Ensure mod_cgi, mod_alias, and mod_env are enabled, set
--
1.6.5.2.181.gd6f41
Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>