git-http-backend

I need to set up a git server with git-over-http (smart http), but the resources available online are a mess, mixing in other apache configuration, missing details or not being explicit enough. I am answering this question myself based on what I found lacking in the available resources. Marmoy First it is necessary to understand that there are 2 components to git-over-http: git and apache. These two are connected through a script with the name of git-http-backend. The challenge is to configure the interface between these two components, so that http requests to git are forwarded by apache.

I am in the process of setting up a Git server (1.7.2.3) on a WS 2008 machine using Apache and git-http-backend.exe. I have been following a good tut here . I have the GUI working, I can annoymously clone and if I put the following in the config of a repo I can annoymously push: [http] receivepack = true I have added the following to the httpd.conf file: SetEnv GIT_PROJECT_ROOT C:/GIT/Repositories SetEnv GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL ScriptAliasMatch \ "(?x)^/(.*/(HEAD | \ info/refs | \ objects/(info/[^/]+ | \ [0-9a-f]{2}/[0-9a-f]{38} | \ pack/pack-[0-9a-f]{40}\.(pack|idx)) | \ git-(upload|receive)-pack