From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:22:54 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-shell: Add 'git-upload-archive' to allowed commands.
Message-ID: <7v3acff10x.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <49DE537C.8070907@ripe.net>

Erik Broes <erikbroes@ripe.net> writes:

> This allows for example gitosis to allow use of 'git archive --remote' in a
> controlled environment.
>
> Signed-off-by: Erik Broes <erikbroes@ripe.net>
> ---
>
> There were some questions on IRC raising (valid) concerns about security.
> If there is a dangling commit on the remote end and any user would know
> or guess the SHA, it could be retrieved where git-upload-pack will not
> allow so.
>
> We were unable to find out if this was the original reason git-shell was
> never extended with git-upload-archive functionality or if it was a simple
> oversight. If it was the reason I'm not sure there is an easy way out.

Can't the "security concern" be addressed by whatever creates the
controlled environment (e.g. gitosis)?  For example, git-daemon can be
configured to service upload-archive request, so I do not think it is such
a bad idea to make this available if the site owner wants to use it.