Re: [PATCH] Clarify documentation of git-cvsserver, particularly in relation to git-shell

[Junio C Hamano <junio@pobox.com>]

Scott Collins <scc@ScottCollins.net> writes:

> For SSH clients restricted to git-shell, CVS_SERVER does not have to be
> specified, because git-shell understands the default value of 'cvs' to
> mean git-cvsserver'. This makes it totally transparent to CVS users, but
> the instruction to set up CVS access for people with real shell access
> does not apply.

Thanks.  I was only _guessing_ that the reasoning behind the "cvs" hack in
git-shell was to allow a vanilla "cvs over ssh" to work transparently
without trying, but it appears to work exactly that way.

>
> Note that the .ssh/environment file is a good place to set these, and that
> the .bashrc is shell-specific. Add a bit of text to differentiate cvs -d
> (setting CVSROOT) from cvs co -d (setting the name of the newly checked
> out directory).  Removed an extra 'Example:' string.

Suggesting .ssh/environment as an alternative is a good idea, but not
everybody's sshd pays attention to it, so the user still needs to learn
how to drive his or her ssh environment.  But this document is not a
troubleshooting guide for ssh, so let's not go there too much.  I think
your description is fine.