From: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Jamey Sharp <jamey@minilop.net>,
"Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org>,
Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>,
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>,
Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@googlemail.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCHv10 4/4] ref namespaces: documentation
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 16:14:10 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5038062914dd0c8b266d15d70b46a5546f826ae4.1310166525.git.josh@joshtriplett.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1310166525.git.josh@joshtriplett.org>
Document the namespace mechanism in a new gitnamespaces(7) page.
Reference it from receive-pack and upload-pack.
Document the new --namespace option and GIT_NAMESPACE environment
variable in git(1), and reference gitnamespaces(7).
Add a sample Apache configuration to http-backend(1) to support
namespaced repositories, and reference gitnamespaces(7).
Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Signed-off-by: Jamey Sharp <jamey@minilop.net>
---
Documentation/Makefile | 2 +-
Documentation/git-http-backend.txt | 8 +++
Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt | 2 +-
Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt | 4 ++
Documentation/git.txt | 13 +++++-
Documentation/gitnamespaces.txt | 75 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
contrib/completion/git-completion.bash | 2 +-
7 files changed, 101 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 Documentation/gitnamespaces.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
index 36989b7..2004fbe 100644
--- a/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ MAN5_TXT=gitattributes.txt gitignore.txt gitmodules.txt githooks.txt \
gitrepository-layout.txt
MAN7_TXT=gitcli.txt gittutorial.txt gittutorial-2.txt \
gitcvs-migration.txt gitcore-tutorial.txt gitglossary.txt \
- gitdiffcore.txt gitrevisions.txt gitworkflows.txt
+ gitdiffcore.txt gitnamespaces.txt gitrevisions.txt gitworkflows.txt
MAN_TXT = $(MAN1_TXT) $(MAN5_TXT) $(MAN7_TXT)
MAN_XML=$(patsubst %.txt,%.xml,$(MAN_TXT))
diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt b/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt
index 277d9e1..f4e0741 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt
@@ -119,6 +119,14 @@ ScriptAliasMatch \
ScriptAlias /git/ /var/www/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/
----------------------------------------------------------------
++
+To serve multiple repositories from different linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] in a
+single repository:
++
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+SetEnvIf Request_URI "^/git/([^/]*)" GIT_NAMESPACE=$1
+ScriptAliasMatch ^/git/[^/]*(.*) /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend/storage.git$1
+----------------------------------------------------------------
Accelerated static Apache 2.x::
Similar to the above, but Apache can be used to return static
diff --git a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt
index f34e0ae..3534ba0 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-receive-pack.txt
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ if the repository is packed and is served via a dumb transport.
SEE ALSO
--------
-linkgit:git-send-pack[1]
+linkgit:git-send-pack[1], linkgit:gitnamespaces[7]
GIT
---
diff --git a/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt
index 4c0ca9d..61a9a04 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-upload-pack.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ OPTIONS
<directory>::
The repository to sync from.
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkgit:gitnamespaces[7]
+
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 3c7a832..81cb1c6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git' [--version] [--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path]
- [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects]
- [--bare] [--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>]
+ [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare]
+ [--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>] [--namespace=<name>]
[-c <name>=<value>]
[--help] <command> [<args>]
@@ -330,6 +330,11 @@ help ...`.
variable (see core.worktree in linkgit:git-config[1] for a
more detailed discussion).
+--namespace=<path>::
+ Set the git namespace. See linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] for more
+ details. Equivalent to setting the `GIT_NAMESPACE` environment
+ variable.
+
--bare::
Treat the repository as a bare repository. If GIT_DIR
environment is not set, it is set to the current working
@@ -594,6 +599,10 @@ git so take care if using Cogito etc.
This can also be controlled by the '--work-tree' command line
option and the core.worktree configuration variable.
+'GIT_NAMESPACE'::
+ Set the git namespace; see linkgit:gitnamespaces[7] for details.
+ The '--namespace' command-line option also sets this value.
+
'GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES'::
This should be a colon-separated list of absolute paths.
If set, it is a list of directories that git should not chdir
diff --git a/Documentation/gitnamespaces.txt b/Documentation/gitnamespaces.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed8924e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/gitnamespaces.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+gitnamespaces(7)
+================
+
+NAME
+----
+gitnamespaces - Git namespaces
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+
+Git supports dividing the refs of a single repository into multiple
+namespaces, each of which has its own branches, tags, and HEAD. Git can
+expose each namespace as an independent repository to pull from and push
+to, while sharing the object store, and exposing all the refs to
+operations such as linkgit:git-gc[1].
+
+Storing multiple repositories as namespaces of a single repository
+avoids storing duplicate copies of the same objects, such as when
+storing multiple branches of the same source. The alternates mechanism
+provides similar support for avoiding duplicates, but alternates do not
+prevent duplication between new objects added to the repositories
+without ongoing maintenance, while namespaces do.
+
+To specify a namespace, set the `GIT_NAMESPACE` environment variable to
+the namespace. For each ref namespace, git stores the corresponding
+refs in a directory under `refs/namespaces/`. For example,
+`GIT_NAMESPACE=foo` will store refs under `refs/namespaces/foo/`. You
+can also specify namespaces via the `--namespace` option to
+linkgit:git[1].
+
+Note that namespaces which include a `/` will expand to a hierarchy of
+namespaces; for example, `GIT_NAMESPACE=foo/bar` will store refs under
+`refs/namespaces/foo/refs/namespaces/bar/`. This makes paths in
+`GIT_NAMESPACE` behave hierarchically, so that cloning with
+`GIT_NAMESPACE=foo/bar` produces the same result as cloning with
+`GIT_NAMESPACE=foo` and cloning from that repo with `GIT_NAMESPACE=bar`. It
+also avoids ambiguity with strange namespace paths such as `foo/refs/heads/`,
+which could otherwise generate directory/file conflicts within the `refs`
+directory.
+
+linkgit:git-upload-pack[1] and linkgit:git-receive-pack[1] rewrite the
+names of refs as specified by `GIT_NAMESPACE`. git-upload-pack and
+git-receive-pack will ignore all references outside the specified
+namespace.
+
+The smart HTTP server, linkgit:git-http-backend[1], will pass
+GIT_NAMESPACE through to the backend programs; see
+linkgit:git-http-backend[1] for sample configuration to expose
+repository namespaces as repositories.
+
+For a simple local test, you can use linkgit:git-remote-ext[1]:
+
+----------
+git clone ext::'git --namespace=foo %s /tmp/prefixed.git'
+----------
+
+SECURITY
+--------
+
+Anyone with access to any namespace within a repository can potentially
+access objects from any other namespace stored in the same repository.
+You can't directly say "give me object ABCD" if you don't have a ref to
+it, but you can do some other sneaky things like:
+
+. Claiming to push ABCD, at which point the server will optimize out the
+ need for you to actually send it. Now you have a ref to ABCD and can
+ fetch it (claiming not to have it, of course).
+
+. Requesting other refs, claiming that you have ABCD, at which point the
+ server may generate deltas against ABCD.
+
+None of this causes a problem if you only host public repositories, or
+if everyone who may read one namespace may also read everything in every
+other namespace (for instance, if everyone in an organization has read
+permission to every repository).
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index e0b936d..8648a36 100755
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -1469,7 +1469,7 @@ _git_help ()
__gitcomp "$__git_all_commands $(__git_aliases)
attributes cli core-tutorial cvs-migration
diffcore gitk glossary hooks ignore modules
- repository-layout tutorial tutorial-2
+ namespaces repository-layout tutorial tutorial-2
workflows
"
}
--
1.7.5.4
prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-08 23:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-07-08 23:12 [PATCHv10 0/4] ref namespaces Josh Triplett
2011-07-08 23:12 ` [PATCHv10 1/4] Fix prefix handling in ref iteration functions Josh Triplett
2011-07-08 23:13 ` [PATCHv10 2/4] ref namespaces: infrastructure Josh Triplett
2011-07-08 23:13 ` [PATCHv10 3/4] ref namespaces: Support remote repositories via upload-pack and receive-pack Josh Triplett
2011-07-08 23:14 ` Josh Triplett [this message]
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