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6 git-remote-ext - Bridge smart transport to external command.
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9 git remote add <nick> "ext::<command>[ <arguments>...]"
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13 This remote helper uses the specified <command> to connect to a remote
14 Git server.
15 Data written to stdin of the specified <command> is assumed to be sent
17 to a git:// server, git-upload-pack, git-receive-pack or
18 git-upload-archive (depending on situation), and data read from stdout
19 of <command> is assumed to be received from the same service.
20 Command and arguments are separated by an unescaped space.
22 The following sequences have a special meaning:
24 '% '
26 Literal space in command or argument.
27 %%
29 Literal percent sign.
30 %s
32 Replaced with name (receive-pack, upload-pack, or upload-archive)
33 of the service Git wants to invoke.
34 %S
36 Replaced with long name (git-receive-pack, git-upload-pack, or
37 git-upload-archive) of the service Git wants to invoke.
38 %G (must be the first characters in an argument)
40 This argument will not be passed to <command>. Instead, it will
41 cause the helper to start by sending git:// service requests to the
42 remote side with the service field set to an appropriate value and
43 the repository field set to rest of the argument. Default is not to
44 send such a request.
45 This is useful if remote side is git:// server accessed over some
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48 %V (must be first characters in argument)
50 This argument will not be passed to <command>. Instead it sets the
51 vhost field in the git:// service request (to rest of the
52 argument). Default is not to send vhost in such request (if sent).
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55 GIT_TRANSLOOP_DEBUG
56 If set, prints debugging information about various reads/writes.
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59 GIT_EXT_SERVICE
60 Set to long name (git-upload-pack, etc...) of service helper needs
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62 GIT_EXT_SERVICE_NOPREFIX
64 Set to long name (upload-pack, etc...) of service helper needs to
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68 This remote helper is transparently used by Git when you use commands
69 such as "git fetch <URL>", "git clone <URL>", , "git push <URL>" or
70 "git remote add <nick> <URL>", where <URL> begins with ext::. Examples:
71 "ext::ssh -i /home/foo/.ssh/somekey user@host.example %S foo/repo"
73 Like host.example:foo/repo, but use /home/foo/.ssh/somekey as
74 keypair and user as user on remote side. This avoids needing to
75 edit .ssh/config.
76 "ext::socat -t3600 - ABSTRACT-CONNECT:/git-server %G/somerepo"
78 Represents repository with path /somerepo accessible over git
79 protocol at abstract namespace address /git-server.
80 "ext::git-server-alias foo %G/repo"
82 Represents a repository with path /repo accessed using the helper
83 program "git-server-alias foo". The path to the repository and type
84 of request are not passed on the command line but as part of the
85 protocol stream, as usual with git:// protocol.
86 "ext::git-server-alias foo %G/repo %Vfoo"
88 Represents a repository with path /repo accessed using the helper
89 program "git-server-alias foo". The hostname for the remote server
90 passed in the protocol stream will be "foo" (this allows multiple
91 virtual Git servers to share a link-level address).
92 "ext::git-server-alias foo %G/repo% with% spaces %Vfoo"
94 Represents a repository with path /repo with spaces accessed using
95 the helper program "git-server-alias foo". The hostname for the
96 remote server passed in the protocol stream will be "foo" (this
97 allows multiple virtual Git servers to share a link-level address).
98 "ext::git-ssl foo.example /bar"
100 Represents a repository accessed using the helper program "git-ssl
101 foo.example /bar". The type of request can be determined by the
102 helper using environment variables (see above).
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105 Documentation by Ilari Liusvaara, Jonathan Nieder and the Git list
106 <git@vger.kernel.org[1]>
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109 Part of the git(1) suite
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