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Re: [PATCH] Docs: web server must setenv GIT_PROTOCOL for v2

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Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Sep 10, 2021, 11:40 UTC
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On Thu, Sep 09, 2021 at 10:39:29PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > I agree it's nice to make it work out of the box, without the web server
> > admin having to configure anything. But, I'm not sure we should completely
> > drop the documentation patches: your patch will only affect future versions
> > of git-http-backend, and users of previous versions will be left without
> > any documentation as to how to configure it for protocol v2. So I would think we should
> > keep the documentation patches, maybe with a mention "this should not be necessary
> > in Git 2.34 and later versions" or something like that (since your
> > commit message mentions that it "generally" should work like that depending
> > on the web servers).
> 
> Thanks, exactly my thought on the need for docs.
OK. I'll try to cook something up here.
-Peff
Previous: Junio C Hamano
Message 20 of 20 in “Docs: web server must setenv GIT_PROTOCOL for v2”
  1. Docs: web server must setenv GIT_PROTOCOL for v2Konstantin Ryabitsev, Sep 4, 2021
  2. Jeff KingSep 4, 2021
  3. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2021
  4. Konstantin RyabitsevSep 7, 2021
  5. Jeff KingSep 8, 2021
  6. Jeff KingSep 8, 2021
  7. Eric WongSep 8, 2021
  8. Junio C HamanoSep 9, 2021
  9. Junio C HamanoSep 9, 2021
  10. Jeff KingSep 10, 2021
  11. Jeff KingSep 10, 2021
  12. 1/5 t5551: test v2-to-v0 http protocol fallbackJeff King, Sep 10, 2021
  13. 2/5 http-backend: handle HTTP_GIT_PROTOCOL CGI variableJeff King, Sep 10, 2021
  14. 3/5 docs/http-backend: mention v2 protocolJeff King, Sep 10, 2021
  15. 4/5 docs/git: discuss server-side config for GIT_PROTOCOLJeff King, Sep 10, 2021
  16. 5/5 docs/protocol-v2: point readers transport config discussionJeff King, Sep 10, 2021
  17. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2021
  18. Philippe BlainSep 9, 2021
  19. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2021
  20. Jeff KingSep 10, 2021

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