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[PATCH v5 17/28] http-backend: reword some documentation

From: Shawn O. Pearce <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:47:38
Subsystem: documentation, the rest · Maintainers: Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds

From: Mark Lodato <redacted>

Clarify some of the git-http-backend documentation, particularly:

* In the Description, state that smart/dumb HTTP fetch and smart HTTP
  push are supported, state that authenticated clients allow push, and
  remove the note that this is only suited for read-only updates.

* At the start of Examples, state explicitly what URL is mapping to what
  location on disk.

Signed-off-by: Mark Lodato <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <redacted>
---
 Documentation/git-http-backend.txt |   12 ++++++++----
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt b/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt
index 99dbbfb..0b5e951 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-http-backend.txt
@@ -14,13 +14,15 @@ DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 A simple CGI program to serve the contents of a Git repository to Git
 clients accessing the repository over http:// and https:// protocols.
+The program supports clients fetching using both the smart HTTP protcol
+and the backwards-compatible dumb HTTP protocol, as well as clients
+pushing using the smart HTTP protocol.
 
 By default, only the `upload-pack` service is enabled, which serves
 'git-fetch-pack' and 'git-ls-remote' clients, which are invoked from
-'git-fetch', 'git-pull', and 'git-clone'.
-
-This is ideally suited for read-only updates, i.e., pulling from
-git repositories.
+'git-fetch', 'git-pull', and 'git-clone'.  If the client is authenticated,
+the `receive-pack` service is enabled, which serves 'git-send-pack'
+clients, which is invoked from 'git-push'.
 
 SERVICES
 --------
@@ -50,6 +52,8 @@ automatically by the web server.
 
 EXAMPLES
 --------
+All of the following examples map 'http://$hostname/git/foo/bar.git'
+to '/var/www/git/foo/bar.git'.
 
 Apache 2.x::
 	Ensure mod_cgi, mod_alias, and mod_env are enabled, set
-- 
1.6.5.2.181.gd6f41
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