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1git-shell(1)
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4NAME
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70256a3a 6git-shell - Restricted login shell for Git-only SSH access
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9SYNOPSIS
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70256a3a 12'git shell' [-c <command> <argument>]
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14DESCRIPTION
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17A login shell for SSH accounts to provide restricted Git access. When
18'-c' is given, the program executes <command> non-interactively;
19<command> can be one of 'git receive-pack', 'git upload-pack', 'git
20upload-archive', 'cvs server', or a command in COMMAND_DIR. The shell
21is started in interactive mode when no arguments are given; in this
22case, COMMAND_DIR must exist, and any of the executables in it can be
23invoked.
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25'cvs server' is a special command which executes git-cvsserver.
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27COMMAND_DIR is the path "$HOME/git-shell-commands". The user must have
28read and execute permissions to the directory in order to execute the
29programs in it. The programs are executed with a cwd of $HOME, and
30<argument> is parsed as a command-line string.
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32GIT
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9e1f0a85 34Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite