diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt b/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt
index 022a243..99dbbfb 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt
@@ -41,29 +41,24 @@ http.receivepack::
URL TRANSLATION
---------------
-'git-http-backend' relies on the invoking web server to perform
-URL to path translation, and store the repository path into the
-PATH_TRANSLATED environment variable. Most web servers will do
-this translation automatically, resolving the suffix after the
-CGI name relative to the server's document root.
+To determine the location of the repository on disk, 'git-http-backend'
+concatenates the environment variables PATH_INFO, which is set
+automatically by the web server, and GIT_PROJECT_ROOT, which must be set
+manually in the web server configuration. If GIT_PROJECT_ROOT is not
+set, 'git-http-backend' reads PATH_TRANSLATED, which is also set
+automatically by the web server.
EXAMPLES
--------
Apache 2.x::
- To serve all Git repositories contained within the '/git/'
- subdirectory of the DocumentRoot, ensure mod_cgi and
- mod_alias are enabled, and create a ScriptAlias to the CGI:
+ Ensure mod_cgi, mod_alias, and mod_env are enabled, set
+ GIT_PROJECT_ROOT (or DocumentRoot) appropriately, and
+ create a ScriptAlias to the CGI:
+
----------------------------------------------------------------
-ScriptAlias /git/ /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend/git/
-
-<Directory /usr/libexec/git-core>
- Options None
-</Directory>
-<Files /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend>
- Options ExecCGI
-</Files>
+SetEnv GIT_PROJECT_ROOT /var/www/git
+ScriptAlias /git/ /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend/
----------------------------------------------------------------
+
To enable anonymous read access but authenticated write access,
@@ -78,16 +73,16 @@ require authorization with a LocationMatch directive:
</LocationMatch>
----------------------------------------------------------------
+
-To require authentication for both reads and writes, use a Directory
+To require authentication for both reads and writes, use a Location
directive around the repository, or one of its parent directories:
+
----------------------------------------------------------------
-<Directory /var/www/git/private>
+<Location /git/private>
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Private Git Access"
Require group committers
...
-</Directory>
+</Location>
----------------------------------------------------------------
Accelerated static Apache 2.x::
@@ -97,9 +92,9 @@ Accelerated static Apache 2.x::
file contents from the file system directly to the network:
+
----------------------------------------------------------------
-DocumentRoot /var/www
+SetEnv GIT_PROJECT_ROOT /var/www/git
-ScriptAlias /git/ /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend/git/
+ScriptAlias /git/ /usr/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend/
Alias /git_static/ /var/www/git/
RewriteEngine on
@@ -114,7 +109,7 @@ ENVIRONMENT
'git-http-backend' relies upon the CGI environment variables set
by the invoking web server, including:
-* PATH_TRANSLATED
+* PATH_INFO (if GIT_PROJECT_ROOT is set, otherwise PATH_TRANSLATED)
* REMOTE_USER
* REMOTE_ADDR
* CONTENT_TYPE
diff --git a/http-backend.c b/http-backend.c
index 67030b5..8e5c0a2 100644
--- a/http-backend.c
+++ b/http-backend.c
@@ -528,6 +528,26 @@ static NORETURN void die_webcgi(const char *err, va_list params)
exit(0);
}
+static char* getdir(void)
+{
+ struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+ char *pathinfo = getenv("PATH_INFO");
+ char *root = getenv("GIT_PROJECT_ROOT");
+ char *path = getenv("PATH_TRANSLATED");
+
+ if (root && *root) {
+ if (!pathinfo || !*pathinfo)
+ die("GIT_PROJECT_ROOT is set but PATH_INFO is not");
+ strbuf_addstr(&buf, root);
+ strbuf_addstr(&buf, pathinfo);
+ return strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL);
+ } else if (path && *path) {
+ return xstrdup(path);
+ } else
+ die("No GIT_PROJECT_ROOT or PATH_TRANSLATED from server");
+ return NULL;
+}
+
static struct service_cmd {
const char *method;
const char *pattern;@@ -550,7 +570,7 @@ static struct service_cmd {
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
char *method = getenv("REQUEST_METHOD");
- char *dir = getenv("PATH_TRANSLATED");
+ char *dir;
struct service_cmd *cmd = NULL;
char *cmd_arg = NULL;
int i;@@ -562,8 +582,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
die("No REQUEST_METHOD from server");
if (!strcmp(method, "HEAD"))
method = "GET";
- if (!dir)
- die("No PATH_TRANSLATED from server");
+ dir = getdir();
for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(services); i++) {
struct service_cmd *c = &services[i];--
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