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Grack - Ruby/Rack Git Smart-HTTP Server Handler
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[](https://travis-ci.org/gitlabhq/grack)
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[](https://codeclimate.com/github/gitlabhq/grack)
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This project aims to replace the builtin git-http-backend CGI handler
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distributed with C Git with a Rack application. This reason for doing this
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is to allow far more webservers to be able to handle Git smart http requests.
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The default git-http-backend only runs as a CGI script, and specifically is
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only targeted for Apache 2.x usage (it requires PATH_INFO to be set and
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specifically formatted). So, instead of trying to get it to work with
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other CGI capable webservers (Lighttpd, etc), we can get it running on nearly
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every major and minor webserver out there by making it Rack capable. Rack
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applications can run with the following handlers:
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* CGI
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* FCGI
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* Mongrel (and EventedMongrel and SwiftipliedMongrel)
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* WEBrick
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* SCGI
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* LiteSpeed
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* Thin
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These web servers include Rack handlers in their distributions:
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* Ebb
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* Fuzed
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* Phusion Passenger (which is mod_rack for Apache and for nginx)
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* Unicorn
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* Puma
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With [Warbler](http://caldersphere.rubyforge.org/warbler/classes/Warbler.html),
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and JRuby, we can also generate a WAR file that can be deployed in any Java
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web application server (Tomcat, Glassfish, Websphere, JBoss, etc).
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Since the git-http-backend is really just a simple wrapper for the upload-pack
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and receive-pack processes with the '--stateless-rpc' option, it does not
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actually re-implement very much.
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Dependencies
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* Ruby - http://www.ruby-lang.org
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* Rack - http://rack.rubyforge.org
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* A Rack-compatible web server
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* Git >= 1.7 (currently the 'pu' branch)
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* Mocha (only for running the tests)
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Quick Start
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========================
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$ gem install rack
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$ (edit config.ru to set git project path)
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$ rackup --host 127.0.0.1 -p 8080 config.ru
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$ git clone http://127.0.0.1:8080/schacon/grit.git
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Contributing
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========================
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If you would like to contribute to the Grack project, I prefer to get
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pull-requests via GitHub. You should include tests for whatever functionality
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you add. Just fork this project, push your changes to your fork and click
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the 'pull request' button. To run the tests, you first need to install the
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'mocha' mocking library and initialize the submodule.
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$ sudo gem install mocha
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$ git submodule init
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$ git submodule update
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Then you should be able to run the tests with a 'rake' command. You can also
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run coverage tests with 'rake rcov' if you have rcov installed.
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License
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========================
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(The MIT License)
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Copyright (c) 2009 Scott Chacon <schacon@gmail.com>
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Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
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a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
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'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
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without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
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distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
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permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
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the following conditions:
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The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
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included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
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EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
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MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
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CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
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TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
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SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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