git-remote-ext (1)

Name

git-remote-ext - Bridge smart transport to external command.

Synopsis

git remote add <nick> "ext::<command>[ <arguments>...]"

Description

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NAME
     git-remote-ext - Bridge smart transport to external command.

SYNOPSIS
     git remote add <nick> "ext::<command>[ <arguments>...]"


DESCRIPTION
     This remote helper uses the specified <command> to connect
     to a remote git server.

     Data written to stdin of the specified <command> is assumed
     to be sent to a git:// server, git-upload-pack,
     git-receive-pack or git-upload-archive (depending on
     situation), and data read from stdout of <command> is
     assumed to be received from the same service.

     Command and arguments are separated by an unescaped space.

     The following sequences have a special meaning:

     '% '
         Literal space in command or argument.

     %%
         Literal percent sign.

     %s
         Replaced with name (receive-pack, upload-pack, or
         upload-archive) of the service git wants to invoke.

     %S
         Replaced with long name (git-receive-pack,
         git-upload-pack, or git-upload-archive) of the service
         git wants to invoke.

     %G (must be the first characters in an argument)
         This argument will not be passed to <command>. Instead,
         it will cause the helper to start by sending git://
         service requests to the remote side with the service
         field set to an appropriate value and the repository
         field set to rest of the argument. Default is not to
         send such a request.

         This is useful if remote side is git:// server accessed
         over some tunnel.

     %V (must be first characters in argument)
         This argument will not be passed to <command>. Instead
         it sets the vhost field in the git:// service request
         (to rest of the argument). Default is not to send vhost
         in such request (if sent).



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ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES:
     GIT_TRANSLOOP_DEBUG
         If set, prints debugging information about various
         reads/writes.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES PASSED TO COMMAND:
     GIT_EXT_SERVICE
         Set to long name (git-upload-pack, etc...) of service
         helper needs to invoke.

     GIT_EXT_SERVICE_NOPREFIX
         Set to long name (upload-pack, etc...) of service helper
         needs to invoke.

EXAMPLES:
     This remote helper is transparently used by git when you use
     commands such as "git fetch <URL>", "git clone <URL>", ,
     "git push <URL>" or "git remote add <nick> <URL>", where
     <URL> begins with ext::. Examples:

     "ext::ssh -i /home/foo/.ssh/somekey user@host.example %S
     foo/repo"
         Like host.example:foo/repo, but use
         /home/foo/.ssh/somekey as keypair and user as user on
         remote side. This avoids needing to edit .ssh/config.

     "ext::socat -t3600 - ABSTRACT-CONNECT:/git-server
     %G/somerepo"
         Represents repository with path /somerepo accessable
         over git protocol at abstract namespace address
         /git-server.

     "ext::git-server-alias foo %G/repo"
         Represents a repository with path /repo accessed using
         the helper program "git-server-alias foo". The path to
         the repository and type of request are not passed on the
         command line but as part of the protocol stream, as
         usual with git:// protocol.

     "ext::git-server-alias foo %G/repo %Vfoo"
         Represents a repository with path /repo accessed using
         the helper program "git-server-alias foo". The hostname
         for the remote server passed in the protocol stream will
         be "foo" (this allows multiple virtual git servers to
         share a link-level address).

     "ext::git-server-alias foo %G/repo% with% spaces %Vfoo"
         Represents a repository with path /repo with spaces
         accessed using the helper program "git-server-alias
         foo". The hostname for the remote server passed in the
         protocol stream will be "foo" (this allows multiple
         virtual git servers to share a link-level address).



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     "ext::git-ssl foo.example /bar"
         Represents a repository accessed using the helper
         program "git-ssl foo.example /bar". The type of request
         can be determined by the helper using environment
         variables (see above).

DOCUMENTATION
     Documentation by Ilari Liusvaara, Jonathan Nieder and the
     git list <git@vger.kernel.org[1]>

GIT
     Part of the git(1) suite


ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
     attributes:

     +---------------+--------------------------+
     |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |     ATTRIBUTE VALUE      |
     +---------------+--------------------------+
     |Availability   | developer/versioning/git |
     +---------------+--------------------------+
     |Stability      | Uncommitted              |
     +---------------+--------------------------+
NOTES
      1. git@vger.kernel.org
         mailto:git@vger.kernel.org


     This software was built from source available at
     https://java.net/projects/solaris-userland.  The original
     community source was downloaded from  http://git-
     core.googlecode.com/files/git-1.7.9.2.tar.gz

     Further information about this software can be found on the
     open source community website at http://git-scm.com/.


















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