From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:03:54 GMT
Subject: Re: git-daemon: path validation, export all option
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0509270802140.3308@g5.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <4338AACC.1050305@zytor.com>



On Mon, 26 Sep 2005, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
> A first attempt to make git-daemon a bit more suitable for kernel.org 
> use: it allows the user to specify a whitelist of directories, rejects 
> paths which have . or .. in them (to avoid bypassing the whitelist), and 
> allows for an --export-all option.

Removing the "chdir(".git")" thing is very wrong, though. Why do it?

It's very much on purpose: you can export even "regular" git trees (ie 
trees you have checked out) without the other side having to say

	git clone machine.com:/home/torvalds/v2.6/linux/.git

where the final "/.git" is just stupid.

		Linus