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| author |  Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2013-04-08 15:04:35 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2013-04-08 15:04:35 -0400 |
| commit | e2057f41f7dfc22ad85b0e087f42364f21bf7fbd (patch) | |
| tree | 19769bf97ca9263d814be6a54b8af51e599702bd /doc/git-annex.mdwn | |
| parent | a664ee5e45a57713d5b47d9fa592e78881994055 (diff) | |
webapp: New --listen= option allows running the webapp on one computer and connecting to it from another.
Does not yet use HTTPS. I'd need to generate a certificate, and I'm not
sure what's the best way to do that.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/git-annex.mdwn')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/git-annex.mdwn | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/git-annex.mdwn b/doc/git-annex.mdwn index 2f4bb5cdb..83ed78257 100644 --- a/doc/git-annex.mdwn +++ b/doc/git-annex.mdwn @@ -198,9 +198,18 @@ subdirectories). * webapp - Runs a web app, that allows easy setup of a git-annex repository, + Opens a web app, that allows easy setup of a git-annex repository, and control of the git-annex assistant. + By default, the webapp can only be accessed from localhost, and running + it opens a browser window. + + With the --listen= option, the webapp can be made to listen for + connections on the specified address. This disables running a + local web browser, and outputs the url you can use to open the webapp + from a remote computer. + Note that this does not yet use HTTPS for security, so use with caution! + # REPOSITORY SETUP COMMANDS * init [description] |