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25 <div class="head" role="doc-pageheader" aria-label="Manual header
26 line"><span class="head-ltitle">GITWRAPPER(1)</span>
27 <span class="head-vol">General Commands Manual</span>
28 <span class="head-rtitle">GITWRAPPER(1)</span></div>
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31 <h2 class="Sh" id="NAME"><a class="permalink" href="#NAME">NAME</a></h2>
32 <p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">gitwrapper</code> —
33 <span class="Nd" role="doc-subtitle">invoke an appropriate Git repository
37 <h2 class="Sh" id="SYNOPSIS"><a class="permalink" href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></h2>
40 <td><code class="Nm">gitwrapper <code class="Fl">-c</code>
41 ‘<code class="Cm">git-receive-pack</code>
42 <var class="Ar">repository-path</var>’</code></td>
49 <td><code class="Nm">gitwrapper <code class="Fl">-c</code>
50 ‘<code class="Cm">git-upload-pack</code>
51 <var class="Ar">repository-path</var>’</code></td>
57 <h2 class="Sh" id="DESCRIPTION"><a class="permalink" href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></h2>
58 <p class="Pp">At one time, the only Git repository server software easily
59 available was built into <a class="Xr" aria-label="git-upload-pack, section
60 1">git-upload-pack(1)</a> and <a class="Xr" aria-label="git-receive-pack,
61 section 1">git-receive-pack(1)</a> which are part of the
62 <a class="Xr" aria-label="git, section 1">git(1)</a> suite. As a result of
63 this, most Git client implementations had the path and calling conventions
64 expected by <a class="Xr" aria-label="git, section 1">git(1)</a> compiled
66 <p class="Pp">Times have changed, however. On a modern system, the administrator
67 may wish to use one of several available Git repository servers, such as
68 <a class="Xr" aria-label="gotd, section 8">gotd(8)</a>.</p>
69 <p class="Pp">It would be difficult to modify all Git client software typically
70 available on a system, so most of the authors of alternative Git servers
71 have written their programs so that they use the same calling conventions as
72 <a class="Xr" aria-label="git-upload-pack, section 1">git-upload-pack(1)</a>
73 and <a class="Xr" aria-label="git-receive-pack, section
74 1">git-receive-pack(1)</a> and may be put into place in their stead.</p>
75 <p class="Pp">Although having drop-in replacements for
76 <a class="Xr" aria-label="git-upload-pack, section 1">git-upload-pack(1)</a>
77 and <a class="Xr" aria-label="git-receive-pack, section
78 1">git-receive-pack(1)</a> helps in installing alternative Git servers, it
79 essentially makes the configuration of the system depend on hard installing
80 new programs in <span class="Pa">/usr</span>. This leads to configuration
81 problems for many administrators, since they may wish to install a new Git
82 server without altering the system provided <span class="Pa">/usr</span>.
83 (This may be, for example, to avoid having upgrade problems when a new
84 version of the system is installed over the old.) They may also have a
85 shared <span class="Pa">/usr</span> among several machines, and may wish to
86 avoid placing implicit configuration information in a read-only
87 <span class="Pa">/usr</span>.</p>
88 <p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">gitwrapper</code> program is designed to
89 replace <a class="Xr" aria-label="git-upload-pack, section
90 1">git-upload-pack(1)</a> and <a class="Xr" aria-label="git-receive-pack,
91 section 1">git-receive-pack(1)</a> and to invoke an appropriate Git server
92 based on configuration information placed in
93 <a class="Xr" aria-label="gotd.conf, section 5">gotd.conf(5)</a>. This
94 permits the administrator to configure which Git server is to be invoked on
95 the system at run-time. Git repositories which are listed in
96 <a class="Xr" aria-label="gotd.conf, section 5">gotd.conf(5)</a> and exist
97 on the filesystem will be served by <a class="Xr" aria-label="gotsh, section
98 1">gotsh(1)</a>. Any other Git repositories will be served by
99 <a class="Xr" aria-label="git-upload-pack, section 1">git-upload-pack(1)</a>
100 and <a class="Xr" aria-label="git-receive-pack, section
101 1">git-receive-pack(1)</a> as found in Git's <span class="Pa">libexec</span>
102 directory, which is <span class="Pa">/usr/local/libexec/git/</span> by
103 default on <span class="Ux">OpenBSD</span>.</p>
106 <h2 class="Sh" id="ENVIRONMENT"><a class="permalink" href="#ENVIRONMENT">ENVIRONMENT</a></h2>
108 <dt id="GOTD_CONF_PATH"><a class="permalink" href="#GOTD_CONF_PATH"><code class="Ev">GOTD_CONF_PATH</code></a></dt>
109 <dd>Set the path to the configuration file for <a class="Xr" aria-label="gotd,
110 section 8">gotd(8)</a>. If not specified, the default path
111 <span class="Pa">/etc/gotd.conf</span> will be used.</dd>
115 <h2 class="Sh" id="FILES"><a class="permalink" href="#FILES">FILES</a></h2>
116 <p class="Pp">Configuration for <a class="Xr" aria-label="gotd, section
117 8">gotd(8)</a> is kept in <span class="Pa">/etc/gotd.conf</span>.</p>
118 <p class="Pp"><span class="Pa">git-upload-pack</span> and
119 <span class="Pa">git-receive-pack</span> are typically set up as a symlink
120 to <code class="Nm">gitwrapper</code> which is not usually invoked on its
124 <h2 class="Sh" id="SEE_ALSO"><a class="permalink" href="#SEE_ALSO">SEE
126 <p class="Pp"><a class="Xr" aria-label="got, section 1">got(1)</a>,
127 <a class="Xr" aria-label="gotd.conf, section 5">gotd.conf(5)</a>,
128 <a class="Xr" aria-label="gotd, section 8">gotd(8)</a>,
129 <a class="Xr" aria-label="mailwrapper, section 8">mailwrapper(8)</a></p>
132 <h2 class="Sh" id="AUTHORS"><a class="permalink" href="#AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a></h2>
133 <p class="Pp"><span class="An">Stefan Sperling</span>
134 <<a class="Mt" href="mailto:stsp@openbsd.org">stsp@openbsd.org</a>></p>
137 <h2 class="Sh" id="BUGS"><a class="permalink" href="#BUGS">BUGS</a></h2>
138 <p class="Pp">The entire reason this program exists is a crock. Instead, a
139 command for invoking a Git server should be standardized or the Git protocol
140 should be changed to make the path to the program discoverable by Git
144 <div class="foot" role="doc-pagefooter" aria-label="Manual footer
145 line"><span class="foot-left"></span><span class="foot-date">March 11,
146 2024</span> <span class="foot-os">OpenBSD 7.5</span></div>
