Re: git-shell default working directory

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Feb 26, 2020, 20:29 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqeeuhhz3a.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20200226201121.GA287048@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

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> On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 10:10:05AM +0100, Andrei Rybak wrote:
>
>> > I've not yet found a way to get this to work without keeping the
>> > repositories in the git user's home folder.
>> 
>> Disclaimer: I'm not at all familiar with git server setup. Would it make sense
>> to change git user home directory to be the required dedicated directory?
>
> Yeah, that's what I would suggest. git-shell does explicitly cd to
> $HOME, so any chdir you do before then will be lost (though you could
> perhaps just set $HOME in ~/.ssh/rc).

I didn't suggest it because the original request did not sound like building a dedicated machine that is used only to push into without interactive shell access. If $HOME is moved to such a git centric place, that would make it almost impossible to use the account for shell interactive access, I would imagine, and if that is acceptable, perhaps something like gitolite would fit the bill better?