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1git-shell(1)
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4NAME
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c3f0baac 6git-shell - Restricted login shell for GIT-only SSH access
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9SYNOPSIS
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483bc4f0 11'$(git --exec-path)/git-shell' -c <command> <argument>
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13DESCRIPTION
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15This is meant to be used as a login shell for SSH accounts you want
16to restrict to GIT pull/push access only. It permits execution only
17of server-side GIT commands implementing the pull/push functionality.
18The commands can be executed only by the '-c' option; the shell is not
19interactive.
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21Currently, only four commands are permitted to be called, 'git-receive-pack'
22'git-upload-pack' and 'git-upload-archive' with a single required argument, or
23'cvs server' (to invoke 'git-cvsserver').
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25Author
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27Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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29Documentation
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31Documentation by Petr Baudis and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
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33GIT
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9e1f0a85 35Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite