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diff --git a/doc/tips/setup_a_public_repository_on_a_web_site.mdwn b/doc/tips/setup_a_public_repository_on_a_web_site.mdwn index 3b971e0c2..ce6230fa1 100644 --- a/doc/tips/setup_a_public_repository_on_a_web_site.mdwn +++ b/doc/tips/setup_a_public_repository_on_a_web_site.mdwn @@ -12,44 +12,19 @@ Here's how I set it up. --[[Joey]] 3. `git init; git annex init` 4. `git config core.sharedrepository world` (Makes sure files are always added with permissions that allow everyone to read them.) -5. We want users to be able to clone the git repository over http, because +5. `git config receive.denyCurrentBranch updateInstead` (Makes the + [[working tree update when changes are pushed to it|making_a_remote_repo_update_when_changes_are_pushed_to_it]].) +6. We want users to be able to clone the git repository over http, because git-annex can download files from it over http as well. For this to work, `git update-server-info` needs to get run after commits. The git `post-update` hook will take care of this, you just need to enable the hook. `chmod +x .git/hooks/post-update` -6. `git annex add; git commit -m added` -7. Make sure users can still download files from the site directly. -8. Instruct advanced users to clone a http url that ends with the "/.git/" +7. `git annex add; git commit -m added` +8. Make sure users can still download files from the site directly. +9. Instruct advanced users to clone a http url that ends with the "/.git/" directory. For example, for downloads.kitenet.net, the clone url is `https://downloads.kitenet.net/.git/` -9. Set up a git `post-receive` hook to update the repository's working tree - when changes are pushed to it. See below for details. When users clone over http, and run git-annex, it will automatically learn all about your repository and be able to download files right out of it, also using http. - -## post-receive hook - -If you have git-annex 4.20130703, the post-receive hook mentioned above -in step 9 just needs to run `git annex merge`. - -With older versions of git-annex, you can instead use `git annex sync`. - -There are two gotchas with some versions of git to be aware of when writing -this post-receive hook. - -1. The hook may be run with the current directory set to the `.git` - directory, and not the top of your work tree. So you need to `cd ..` or - similar in the hook. -2. `GIT_DIR` may be set to `.`, which will not be right after changing - directory. So you will probably want to unset it. - -Here's a post-receive hook that takes these problems into account: - -<pre> -#!/bin/sh -unset GIT_DIR -cd .. -git annex merge -</pre> |