On 27 Feb 2012, Timothy Pearson spake thusly:
> OK guys, first there is no such thing as a "GIT server" where the software
> is concerned.  What we call a "GIT server" is a box containing a
> well-secured central copy of the GIT tree, which can be accessed with HTTP
> over DAV via Apache.  No mattery where you go this is what you will find,
> except for a few places that use SSH for GIT access (which the recent
> kernel.org hack shows us is a Very Bad Idea BTW).

In the vast majority of places you will find git uses its own protocol
for anonymous git access. A *lot* of places use ssh for non-anonymous
access -- I would say the vast majority. You don't need to provide a
whole shell on the other end, thanks to gitolite and friends.

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