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

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 7, 2021, 20:57 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> On Sat, Sep 04, 2021 at 11:17:21AM -0400, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
>
>> For the server-side to properly respond to v2 protocol requests, the
>> webserver must set the GIT_PROTOCOL environment variable to the value of
>> the Git-Protocol: request header.
>
> Thanks for assembling these examples.
>
> I don't mind having these in the technical documentation, but I think
> most users won't find them there (nor would they even know they need to
> be looking). Maybe the manpage for git-http-backend would be a better
> spot. We can mention v2 in the "description" section, and then there's
> some example config near the end that could include it.
>
> Unfortunately there isn't any nginx example config there at all yet. If
> you have kernel.org config you could share, that would be great. But
> even starting with just the "here's how you do v2" part would be
> welcome.
True, true.
In the meantime, I'll queue this as-is.
Thanks.
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Message 3 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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