Re: git-push through git protocol

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>On Sun, 21 Jan 2007, Jakub Narebski wrote:
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>> > It seems there should be a way to configure a repo or the git daemon
>> > to say "Allow push operations".
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>> > I looked through the release notes Junio posted for 1.5.0-rc2, but
>> > found no reference to the git daemon.
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>> git:// protocol is not authenticated. git by design allow push only through
>> authenticated protocols, i.e. local, ssh:// (git+ssh://), http(s):// with
>> WebDAV, probably in the future ftps://. 
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>Well, it _should_ actually be truly fairly trivial to allow pushing over 
>the git:// protocol, and while it's not authenticated, I could well 
>imagine that it would make sense from within a firewalled setup (where 
>nobody but trusted internal people can reach the git port anyway).
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>So in that sense, I do think Bill's request makes some amount of sense.
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>At the same time, I suspect it's not a great idea, unless you also add 
>*some* kind of logging facility to git-daemon.
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>But here is a trivial patch that *MAY* do what Bill wants.
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>NOTE! "git-receive-pack" is disabled by default, so you need to enable it 
>explicitly by starting git-daemon with the "--enable=receive-pack" command  
>line argument, or by having your config enable it automatically.
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>And a second note: I obviously didn't test it. I'm Linus. I don't do no 
>steenking testing..