commit - 912db690abe419dd5f82d9ea6ecf351ab2c48f00
commit + 77d755e8ee27002658ec8f9ed0a282ac89d2906f
blob - ba00f127e7a704c7c95a42f2210fd109af6de5a3
blob + a45eb65170386548a9b8a2b7812f7309eebdc6f6
--- gotd/gotd.conf.5
+++ gotd/gotd.conf.5
@@ -55,7 +55,19 @@ Specify the inactivity timeout for operations between 
 If this timeout is exceeded while a Git protocol request is being processed,
 the request will be aborted and the connection will be terminated.
 .Pp
-The default timeout is 3600 seconds (1 hour).
+The timeout value may also have a suffix indicating its unit of measure.
+Supported suffixes are:
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -compact -width tenletters
+.It Ar s No or Ar S
+seconds
+.It Ar m No or Ar M
+minutes
+.It Ar h No or Ar H
+hours
+.El
+.Pp
+The default timeout is 1h (3600 seconds, one hour).
 This should only be changed if legitimate requests are exceeding the default
 timeout for some reason, such as the server spending an extraordinary
 amount of time generating a pack file.
@@ -205,7 +217,7 @@ repository "openbsd/ports" {
 }
 
 # Use a larger request timeout value:
-connection request timeout 7200  # 2 hours
+connection request timeout 2h
 
 # Some users are granted a higher concurrent connection limit:
 connection {
blob - bdbdd8744b35a0c889d8572b46ec471cd7d8d159
blob + a157b990e93fe1cb15f7ba00f0d218349adca5a2
--- gotd/parse.y
+++ gotd/parse.y
@@ -148,6 +148,57 @@ timeout		: NUMBER {
 			$$.tv_sec = $1;
 			$$.tv_usec = 0;
 		}
+		| STRING {
+			const char	*errstr;
+			const char	*type = "seconds";
+			size_t		 len;
+			int		 mul = 1;
+
+			if (*$1 == '\0') {
+				yyerror("invalid number of seconds: %s", $1);
+				free($1);
+				YYERROR;
+			}
+
+			len = strlen($1);
+			switch ($1[len - 1]) {
+			case 'S':
+			case 's':
+				$1[len - 1] = '\0';
+				break;
+			case 'M':
+			case 'm':
+				type = "minutes";
+				mul = 60;
+				$1[len - 1] = '\0';
+				break;
+			case 'H':
+			case 'h':
+				type = "hours";
+				mul = 60 * 60;
+				$1[len - 1] = '\0';
+				break;
+			}
+
+			$$.tv_usec = 0;
+			$$.tv_sec = strtonum($1, 0, INT_MAX, &errstr);
+			if (errstr) {
+				yyerror("number of %s is %s: %s", type,
+				    errstr, $1);
+				free($1);
+				YYERROR;
+			}
+
+			if ($$.tv_sec > INT_MAX / mul) {
+				yyerror("number of %s is too too large: %s",
+				    type, $1);
+				free($1);
+				YYERROR;
+			}
+
+			$$.tv_sec *= mul;
+			free($1);
+		}
 		;
 
 main		: UNIX_SOCKET STRING {