[TOPIC 10/17] Expel ‘git shell’?

From: James Ramsay <james@jramsay.com.au>
Date: Mar 12, 2020, 04:05 UTC
Message-ID: <AF7A56C0-FDDF-476B-B7B2-F58CE6115353@jramsay.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <AC2EB721-2979-43FD-922D-C5076A57F24B@jramsay.com.au>

1. Jonathan N: Cannot use safely on its own. So why do we still have it?

2. Jonathan N: It’s not an interactive shell, it’s a login shell. To 
give the user only access to a git repo.

3. Jonathan N: Gitolite is the only sensible thing that uses git-shell. 
If this is the only good use-case? So can we donate it to them?

4. Peff: If it’s a tool for security, but no one is using it, so 
it’s dangerous to have it around. It’s mostly stand-alone, so it 
should be possible.

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