git-daemon(1)
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NAME
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git-daemon - A really simple server for GIT repositories.

SYNOPSIS
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'git-daemon' [--inetd | --port=n]

DESCRIPTION
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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.

OPTIONS
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--inetd::
	Have the server run as an inetd service.

--port::
	Listen on an alternative port.

Author
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>

Documentation
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Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.

GIT
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Part of the link:git.html[git] suite