castlemilk/git-http-backend repository overview

⁠Git HTTP Backend Server

A lightweight Git HTTP backend server with basic authentication support, packaged as a Docker container. Perfect for hosting Git repositories over HTTP with password protection.

⁠Quick Start

# Pull the image
docker pull git-http-backend:latest

# Run the container
docker run -d \
  -p 3000:3000 \
  -v /path/to/repos:/tmp/git \
  -e GIT_USERNAME=admin \
  -e GIT_PASSWORD=secret \
  git-http-backend:latest

⁠Features

• 🔒 Basic authentication support
• 📤 Git receive-pack and upload-pack support
• 🐳 Lightweight Alpine-based image
• ⚙️ Configurable via environment variables
• 📁 Persistent repository storage via volume mounts

⁠Environment Variables

⁠Usage with Git

# Clone
git clone http://localhost:3000/repo.git

# Push
git push http://localhost:3000/repo.git main

⁠License

MIT License