- Added post about ad-hoc serving of git repos.

Ad-hoc serving of git repositories

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:date: 2016-08-16

:summary: Ad-hoc serving of git repositories

On some occasion you want to serve your git repo from your local copy (perhaps

your git repository is quite large and your internet connection is slow or your

build process would benefit from pulling from an intermediary without

authentication). Here are 2 ways to serve your git repository without any

configuration or software installation. Both ways serve a single repository

without authentication or encryption but readonly (no push).

Using the git protocol

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The git executable is itself a git server using the native git protocol. Inside

the root of the repository run the following command

.. code:: shell

    git daemon --reuseaddr --verbose  --base-path=. --export-all ./.git

And on the client you can clone by running

.. code:: shell

    git clone git://servername/ reponame

Using the http protocol

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This way serves the repo over HTTP using Python 2's SimpleHTTPServer. Run the

following in the rot of the git repo

.. code:: shell

    git update-server-info

    cd .git

    python -m SimpleHTTPServer

And on the client clone by running

.. code:: shell

    git clone http://servername:8000/ reponame

Final words

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I've added both ways as git aliases in my `rcfiles repo

<https://www.shore.co.il/cgit/rcfiles/tree/.gitconfig>`_.