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authorJulien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>2021-08-25 03:00:44 +0200
committerJulien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>2021-09-02 22:56:44 +0200
commitcc16103861b26836908a7d16e0751739a0e20da2 (patch)
tree16c560cb394d328a9b4c24943074f212528ef099 /doc
parent5dac09e263d566ccf99776df97c47eed0d30c172 (diff)
gnu: gitolite: Add unsafe-pattern configuration option.
* gnu/services/version-control.scm (gitolite-rc-file): Add unsafe-pattern field. (gitolite-rc-file-compiler): Write it. * doc/guix.texi (Version Control Services): Document it.
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@@ -31517,6 +31517,19 @@ A value like @code{#o0027} will give read access to the group used by Gitolite
(by default: @code{git}). This is necessary when using Gitolite with software
like cgit or gitweb.
+@item @code{unsafe-pattern} (default: @code{#f})
+An optional Perl regular expression for catching unsafe configurations in
+the configuration file. See
+@uref{https://gitolite.com/gitolite/git-config.html#compensating-for-unsafe_patt,
+Gitolite's documentation} for more information.
+
+When the value is not @code{#f}, it should be a string containing a Perl
+regular expression, such as @samp{"[`~#\$\&()|;<>]"}, which is the default
+value used by gitolite. It rejects any special character in configuration
+that might be interpreted by a shell, which is useful when sharing the
+administration burden with other people that do not otherwise have shell
+access on the server.
+
@item @code{git-config-keys} (default: @code{""})
Gitolite allows you to set git config values using the @samp{config}
keyword. This setting allows control over the config keys to accept.