git-http-backend: anonymous read, authenticated write

From: Magnus Therning <magnus@therning.org>
Date: Apr 9, 2013, 05:45 UTC
Message-ID: <20130409054553.GA1537@mteis.lan>

I've been trying to set up git-http-backend+lighttpd. I've managed to set up anonymous read-only access, and I then successfully configured authentication for both read and write. Then I get stuck. The man-page for git-http-backend says that the following snippet can be used for Apache 2.x:

    <LocationMatch "^/git/.*/git-receive-pack$">
        AuthType Basic
        AuthName "Git Access"
        Require group committers
        ...
    </LocationMatch>

However, when I put in this match on location in my lighty config and try to push I'm not asked for a password, instead I'm greeted with

    % git push 
    error: The requested URL returned error: 403 Forbidden while accessing http://magnus@tracsrv.local/git/foo.git/info/refs?service=git-receive-pack

AFAICS this means the man-page is wrong, and that I instead ought to match on the "service=git-receive-pack" part. Is that a correct conclusion?

/M

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