Tarmigan Casebolt [off-list ref] writes:
+Depending on the global configuration of the web server, the
+"FollowSymLinks" or "SymLinksIfOwnerMatch" options might be needed.
+If the web server does not follow any symbolic links, the
+'git-http-backend' executable may be copied into the cgi-bin directory
+and renamed to 'git' to acheive the same effect, but it will also need
+to be manually updated whenever a new version of 'git-http-backend' is
+installed.
Hmph, has Apache heard of hardlinks? If not, wouldn't this be much
simpler?
cat >git <<\EOF
#!/bin/sh
exec /path/to/libexec/git-core/git-http-backend "$@"
EOF
chmod +x git