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| author | Wolfgang Müller | 2022-03-03 15:15:19 +0100 |
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| committer | Wolfgang Müller | 2022-03-03 15:15:19 +0100 |
| commit | 92ba675e4bffaca19af1d354783c33b0d9dca069 (patch) | |
| tree | 08e1d05dc899eb85829c555b4949ddaea79ac553 /git-init-acl.1 | |
| parent | 65e9587af04fcae23c9d0cf37f185b7555435256 (diff) | |
| download | git-helpers-trunk.tar.gz | |
We have always felt that the name of this program was too close to the
invocation of 'git init --shared' which does something similar. Make it
clear in the name that we're working with POSIX ACLs instead of normal
permission sets as 'git init --shared' does.
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diff --git a/git-init-acl.1 b/git-init-acl.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2bf8b12 --- /dev/null +++ b/git-init-acl.1 @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +.Dd July 19, 2021 +.Dt GIT-INIT-ACL 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm git-init-acl +.Nd create and share a git repository amongst multiple users +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm git init-acl +.Ar directory +.Op Ar user... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +creates (or reinitializes) a git repository at +.Ar directory +and grants the owner and all other specified users write access to it. +Access rights are stored in POSIX Access Control Lists as per +.Xr acl 5 . +.Pp +It is safe to run this command on an already existing git repository. +Previously unauthorized users that are included in the subsequent +invocation will be granted write access. +.Pp +.Nm +only ever grants access. +If you need to remove access for a user, use the following +invocation of +.Xr setfacl 1 +instead: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +setfacl -Rnx 'u:<user>,d:u:<user>' <repository> +.Ed +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr getfacl 1 , +.Xr git 1 , +.Xr git-init 1 , +.Xr setfacl 1 , +.Xr acl 5 +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +.Nm +was written by +.An Wolfgang Müller Aq Mt wolf@oriole.systems . |