# question on service commands in http-backend.c 2 messages from 2010-09-05 to 2010-09-05. Participants: Sitaram Chamarty, Shawn Pearce. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/24985 ## Sitaram Chamarty, 2010-09-05 15:29 Subject: question on service commands in http-backend.c Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/AANLkTikH5yzHBA_KO_aMFn6bp3LnMS40S_c3P1QQO4gj%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hi, Short version: can I assume that, of all the service commands [I assume that's what they're called] in the services[] array in http-backend.c (approx line 530), only 'git-receive-pack' represents a *write* attempt? Long version: I just managed to fixup gitolite so it can be used with smart http also, and after all that was done I got to wondering about this. It matters to gitolite because it needs to recognise whether the user is trying to perform a write or a read so it can make the correct access control decision. With ssh it was very simple: you only had 3 command (git-upload-archive, git-upload-pack, git-receive-pack) and the first 2 are "read"s. And yes, I do notice that these new ones are all "GET" so it is hardly likely they'd be writes -- just wanted to make sure... Thanks, -- Sitaram ``` ## Shawn Pearce, 2010-09-05 21:20 Subject: Re: question on service commands in http-backend.c Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/AANLkTikjvWpKmf6MP3-%3DUS06XiWkR5cOwHVfVrNUme3w%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Sitaram Chamarty wrote: > Short version: can I assume that, of all the service commands [I > assume that's what they're called] in the services[] array in > http-backend.c (approx line 530), only 'git-receive-pack' represents a > *write* attempt? Correct. > And yes, I do notice that these new ones are all "GET" so it is hardly > likely they'd be writes -- just wanted to make sure... Right. :-) -- Shawn. ```