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diff --git a/third_party/git/Documentation/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt b/third_party/git/Documentation/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt deleted file mode 100644 index bfe6f9b50063..000000000000 --- a/third_party/git/Documentation/howto/setup-git-server-over-http.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,285 +0,0 @@ -From: Rutger Nijlunsing <rutger@nospam.com> -Subject: Setting up a Git repository which can be pushed into and pulled from over HTTP(S). -Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 22:00:26 +0200 -Content-type: text/asciidoc - -How to setup Git server over http -================================= - -NOTE: This document is from 2006. A lot has happened since then, and this -document is now relevant mainly if your web host is not CGI capable. -Almost everyone else should instead look at linkgit:git-http-backend[1]. - -Since Apache is one of those packages people like to compile -themselves while others prefer the bureaucrat's dream Debian, it is -impossible to give guidelines which will work for everyone. Just send -some feedback to the mailing list at git@vger.kernel.org to get this -document tailored to your favorite distro. - - -What's needed: - -- Have an Apache web-server - - On Debian: - $ apt-get install apache2 - To get apache2 by default started, - edit /etc/default/apache2 and set NO_START=0 - -- can edit the configuration of it. - - This could be found under /etc/httpd, or refer to your Apache documentation. - - On Debian: this means being able to edit files under /etc/apache2 - -- can restart it. - - 'apachectl --graceful' might do. If it doesn't, just stop and - restart apache. Be warning that active connections to your server - might be aborted by this. - - On Debian: - $ /etc/init.d/apache2 restart - or - $ /etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload - (which seems to do the same) - This adds symlinks from the /etc/apache2/mods-enabled to - /etc/apache2/mods-available. - -- have permissions to chown a directory - -- have Git installed on the client, and - -- either have Git installed on the server or have a webdav client on - the client. - -In effect, this means you're going to be root, or that you're using a -preconfigured WebDAV server. - - -Step 1: setup a bare Git repository ------------------------------------ - -At the time of writing, git-http-push cannot remotely create a Git -repository. So we have to do that at the server side with Git. Another -option is to generate an empty bare repository at the client and copy -it to the server with a WebDAV client (which is the only option if Git -is not installed on the server). - -Create the directory under the DocumentRoot of the directories served -by Apache. As an example we take /usr/local/apache2, but try "grep -DocumentRoot /where/ever/httpd.conf" to find your root: - - $ cd /usr/local/apache/htdocs - $ mkdir my-new-repo.git - - On Debian: - - $ cd /var/www - $ mkdir my-new-repo.git - - -Initialize a bare repository - - $ cd my-new-repo.git - $ git --bare init - - -Change the ownership to your web-server's credentials. Use `"grep ^User -httpd.conf"` and `"grep ^Group httpd.conf"` to find out: - - $ chown -R www.www . - - On Debian: - - $ chown -R www-data.www-data . - - -If you do not know which user Apache runs as, you can alternatively do -a "chmod -R a+w .", inspect the files which are created later on, and -set the permissions appropriately. - -Restart apache2, and check whether http://server/my-new-repo.git gives -a directory listing. If not, check whether apache started up -successfully. - - -Step 2: enable DAV on this repository -------------------------------------- - -First make sure the dav_module is loaded. For this, insert in httpd.conf: - - LoadModule dav_module libexec/httpd/libdav.so - AddModule mod_dav.c - -Also make sure that this line exists which is the file used for -locking DAV operations: - - DAVLockDB "/usr/local/apache2/temp/DAV.lock" - - On Debian these steps can be performed with: - - Enable the dav and dav_fs modules of apache: - $ a2enmod dav_fs - (just to be sure. dav_fs might be unneeded, I don't know) - $ a2enmod dav - The DAV lock is located in /etc/apache2/mods-available/dav_fs.conf: - DAVLockDB /var/lock/apache2/DAVLock - -Of course, it can point somewhere else, but the string is actually just a -prefix in some Apache configurations, and therefore the _directory_ has to -be writable by the user Apache runs as. - -Then, add something like this to your httpd.conf - - <Location /my-new-repo.git> - DAV on - AuthType Basic - AuthName "Git" - AuthUserFile /usr/local/apache2/conf/passwd.git - Require valid-user - </Location> - - On Debian: - Create (or add to) /etc/apache2/conf.d/git.conf : - - <Location /my-new-repo.git> - DAV on - AuthType Basic - AuthName "Git" - AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/passwd.git - Require valid-user - </Location> - - Debian automatically reads all files under /etc/apache2/conf.d. - -The password file can be somewhere else, but it has to be readable by -Apache and preferably not readable by the world. - -Create this file by - $ htpasswd -c /usr/local/apache2/conf/passwd.git <user> - - On Debian: - $ htpasswd -c /etc/apache2/passwd.git <user> - -You will be asked a password, and the file is created. Subsequent calls -to htpasswd should omit the '-c' option, since you want to append to the -existing file. - -You need to restart Apache. - -Now go to http://<username>@<servername>/my-new-repo.git in your -browser to check whether it asks for a password and accepts the right -password. - -On Debian: - - To test the WebDAV part, do: - - $ apt-get install litmus - $ litmus http://<servername>/my-new-repo.git <username> <password> - - Most tests should pass. - -A command-line tool to test WebDAV is cadaver. If you prefer GUIs, for -example, konqueror can open WebDAV URLs as "webdav://..." or -"webdavs://...". - -If you're into Windows, from XP onwards Internet Explorer supports -WebDAV. For this, do Internet Explorer -> Open Location -> -http://<servername>/my-new-repo.git [x] Open as webfolder -> login . - - -Step 3: setup the client ------------------------- - -Make sure that you have HTTP support, i.e. your Git was built with -libcurl (version more recent than 7.10). The command 'git http-push' with -no argument should display a usage message. - -Then, add the following to your $HOME/.netrc (you can do without, but will be -asked to input your password a _lot_ of times): - - machine <servername> - login <username> - password <password> - -...and set permissions: - chmod 600 ~/.netrc - -If you want to access the web-server by its IP, you have to type that in, -instead of the server name. - -To check whether all is OK, do: - - curl --netrc --location -v http://<username>@<servername>/my-new-repo.git/HEAD - -...this should give something like 'ref: refs/heads/master', which is -the content of the file HEAD on the server. - -Now, add the remote in your existing repository which contains the project -you want to export: - - $ git-config remote.upload.url \ - http://<username>@<servername>/my-new-repo.git/ - -It is important to put the last '/'; Without it, the server will send -a redirect which git-http-push does not (yet) understand, and git-http-push -will repeat the request infinitely. - - -Step 4: make the initial push ------------------------------ - -From your client repository, do - - $ git push upload master - -This pushes branch 'master' (which is assumed to be the branch you -want to export) to repository called 'upload', which we previously -defined with git-config. - - -Using a proxy: --------------- - -If you have to access the WebDAV server from behind an HTTP(S) proxy, -set the variable 'all_proxy' to `http://proxy-host.com:port`, or -`http://login-on-proxy:passwd-on-proxy@proxy-host.com:port`. See 'man -curl' for details. - - -Troubleshooting: ----------------- - -If git-http-push says - - Error: no DAV locking support on remote repo http://... - -then it means the web-server did not accept your authentication. Make sure -that the user name and password matches in httpd.conf, .netrc and the URL -you are uploading to. - -If git-http-push shows you an error (22/502) when trying to MOVE a blob, -it means that your web-server somehow does not recognize its name in the -request; This can happen when you start Apache, but then disable the -network interface. A simple restart of Apache helps. - -Errors like (22/502) are of format (curl error code/http error -code). So (22/404) means something like 'not found' at the server. - -Reading /usr/local/apache2/logs/error_log is often helpful. - - On Debian: Read /var/log/apache2/error.log instead. - -If you access HTTPS locations, Git may fail verifying the SSL -certificate (this is return code 60). Setting http.sslVerify=false can -help diagnosing the problem, but removes security checks. - - -Debian References: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/285 - -Authors - Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> - Rutger Nijlunsing <git@wingding.demon.nl> - Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> |