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[PATCH] Document service option receive-pack

From
Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>
Date
Aug 29, 2007, 09:57 UTC
Message-ID
<4pii3bpp.fsf@cante.net>
Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>
---
 Documentation/git-daemon.txt |    7 +++++++
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
index f902161..91ce5f3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-daemon.txt
@@ -157,6 +157,13 @@ the facility of inet daemon to achieve the same before spawning
 SERVICES
 --------
 
+receive-pack::
+        Allow anonymous push to the repository. Use with caution.
+        Anyone can do anything in there: push to the repository,
+        delete content and branches or even add malicious code. This
+        kind of public pushable repository content needs peer review
+        and cannot be trusted.
+
 upload-pack::
 	This serves `git-fetch-pack` and `git-peek-remote`
 	clients.  It is enabled by default, but a repository can
-- 
1.5.3.rc5

    Available from git repository http://cante.net/~jaalto/git/git
    Branch: Documentation/git-daemon.txt+document-service-option--receive-pack
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  1. Document service option receive-packJari Aalto, Aug 29, 2007

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