git-daemon - A really simple server for GIT repositories.
git-daemon [--inetd | --port=n]
A really simple TCP git daemon that normally listens on port "DEFAULT_GIT_PORT" aka 9418. It waits for a connection, and will just execute "git-upload-pack" when it gets one.
It's careful in that there's a magic request-line that gives the command and what directory to upload, and it verifies that the directory is ok.
It verifies that the directory has the magic file "git-daemon-export-ok", and it will refuse to export any git directory that hasn't explicitly been marked for export this way.
This is ideally suited for read-only updates, ie pulling from git repositories.
Have the server run as an inetd service.
Listen on an alternative port.
Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
Part of the git suite