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diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.adoc b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.adoc index 4c475efeab..fe822f571d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-cvsserver.adoc +++ b/Documentation/git-cvsserver.adoc @@ -125,9 +125,11 @@ creation in your platform (e.g. mkpasswd in Linux, encrypt in OpenBSD or pwhash in NetBSD) and paste it in the right location. Then provide your password via the pserver method, for example: + ------ cvs -d:pserver:someuser:somepassword@server:/path/repo.git co <HEAD_name> ------ + No special setup is needed for SSH access, other than having Git tools in the PATH. If you have clients that do not accept the CVS_SERVER environment variable, you can rename 'git-cvsserver' to `cvs`. @@ -138,6 +140,7 @@ CVS_SERVER directly in CVSROOT like ------ cvs -d ":ext;CVS_SERVER=git cvsserver:user@server/path/repo.git" co <HEAD_name> ------ + This has the advantage that it will be saved in your 'CVS/Root' files and you don't need to worry about always setting the correct environment variable. SSH users restricted to 'git-shell' don't need to override the default @@ -168,6 +171,7 @@ All configuration variables can also be overridden for a specific method of access. Valid method names are "ext" (for SSH access) and "pserver". The following example configuration would disable pserver access while still allowing access over SSH. + ------ [gitcvs] enabled=0 |