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* jk/daemon-user-doc: doc: clarify that "git daemon --user=<user>" option does not export HOME=~user
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Documentation/git-daemon.txt

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Giving these options is an error when used with `--inetd`; use
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the facility of inet daemon to achieve the same before spawning
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'git daemon' if needed.
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Like many programs that switch user id, the daemon does not reset
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environment variables such as `$HOME` when it runs git programs,
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e.g. `upload-pack` and `receive-pack`. When using this option, you
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may also want to set and export `HOME` to point at the home
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directory of `<user>` before starting the daemon, and make sure any
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Git configuration files in that directory are readable by `<user>`.
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--enable=<service>::
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--disable=<service>::

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