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| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/git-interface.txt | 13 |
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@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ Setup on Arch Linux # mkdir /srv/http/aurweb/aur.git/ # cd /srv/http/aurweb/aur.git/ # git init --bare + # git config --local transfer.hideRefs '^refs/' + # git config --local transfer.hideRefs '!refs/' # ln -s ../../git-interface/git-update.py hooks/update # chown -R aur . diff --git a/doc/git-interface.txt b/doc/git-interface.txt index 9ded20f6..4a24eeff 100644 --- a/doc/git-interface.txt +++ b/doc/git-interface.txt @@ -80,3 +80,16 @@ request. An example configuration for nginx and fcgiwrap can be found in the INSTALL instructions in the top-level directory. + +Further Configuration +--------------------- + +When using Git namespaces, Git advertises refs outside the current namespace as +so-called "have" lines. This is normally used to reduce traffic but it has the +opposite effect in the case of aurweb: Many essentially useless lines are +transferred to the Git client during `git push` operations. + +In order to omit these advertisements, add the strings "^refs/" and "!refs/" to +the transfer.hideRefs configuration setting. Note that the order of these +patterns is important ("^refs/" must come first) and that Git 2.7 or newer is +required for them to work. |