NAME
git-remote-ext - Bridge smart transport to external command.SYNOPSIS
git remote add <nick> "ext::<command>[ <arguments>...]"
DESCRIPTION
This remote helper uses the specified <command> to connect to a remote Git server.Literal space in command or argument.
%%
Literal percent sign.
%s
Replaced with name (receive-pack, upload-pack,
or upload-archive) of the service Git wants to invoke.
%S
Replaced with long name (git-receive-pack,
git-upload-pack, or git-upload-archive) of the service Git wants to
invoke.
%G (must be the first characters in an argument)
This argument will not be passed to
<command>. Instead, it will cause the helper to start by sending
git:// service requests to the remote side with the service field set to an
appropriate value and the repository field set to rest of the argument.
Default is not to send such a request.
This is useful if remote side is git:// server accessed over some tunnel.
%V (must be first characters in argument)
This argument will not be passed to
<command>. Instead it sets the vhost field in the git:// service
request (to rest of the argument). Default is not to send vhost in such
request (if sent).
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
GIT_TRANSLOOP_DEBUGIf set, prints debugging information about
various reads/writes.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES PASSED TO COMMAND
GIT_EXT_SERVICESet to long name (git-upload-pack, etc...) of
service helper needs to invoke.
GIT_EXT_SERVICE_NOPREFIX
Set to long name (upload-pack, etc...) of
service helper needs to invoke.
EXAMPLES
This remote helper is transparently used by Git when you use commands such as "git fetch <URL>", "git clone <URL>", , "git push <URL>" or "git remote add <nick> <URL>", where <URL> begins with ext::. Examples: "ext::ssh -i /home/foo/.ssh/somekey [email protected] %S foo/repo"Like host.example:foo/repo, but use
/home/foo/.ssh/somekey as keypair and user as user on remote side. This avoids
needing to edit .ssh/config.
"ext::socat -t3600 - ABSTRACT-CONNECT:/git-server %G/somerepo"
Represents repository with path /somerepo
accessible over git protocol at abstract namespace address /git-server.
"ext::git-server-alias foo %G/repo"
Represents a repository with path /repo
accessed using the helper program "git-server-alias foo". The path
to the repository and type of request are not passed on the command line but
as part of the protocol stream, as usual with git:// protocol.
"ext::git-server-alias foo %G/repo %Vfoo"
Represents a repository with path /repo
accessed using the helper program "git-server-alias foo". The
hostname for the remote server passed in the protocol stream will be
"foo" (this allows multiple virtual Git servers to share a
link-level address).
"ext::git-server-alias foo %G/repo% with% spaces %Vfoo"
Represents a repository with path /repo
with spaces accessed using the helper program "git-server-alias
foo". The hostname for the remote server passed in the protocol stream
will be "foo" (this allows multiple virtual Git servers to share a
link-level address).
"ext::git-ssl foo.example /bar"
Represents a repository accessed using the
helper program "git-ssl foo.example /bar". The type of request can
be determined by the helper using environment variables (see above).
SEE ALSO
gitremote-helpers(7)GIT
Part of the git(1) suite02/28/2023 | Git 2.39.2 |