Re: [PATCH 1/2] doc/http-backend: clarify half-auth repo configuration

2013-04-11 Thread Magnus Therning
On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 5:32 AM, Jeff King p...@peff.net wrote: When the http-backend is set up to allow anonymous read but authenticated write, the http-backend manual suggests catching only the /git-receive-pack POST of the packfile, not the initial info/refs?service=git-receive-pack GET in

[PATCH 1/2] doc/http-backend: clarify half-auth repo configuration

2013-04-10 Thread Jeff King
When the http-backend is set up to allow anonymous read but authenticated write, the http-backend manual suggests catching only the /git-receive-pack POST of the packfile, not the initial info/refs?service=git-receive-pack GET in which we advertise refs. This does work and is secure, as we do not