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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] shell: allow 'help' command to disable interactive
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Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:21:54 -0800
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:

>> Isn't that a criticism of the git-shell-commands facility in general?
>> If it is common to have a lot of users with distinct home directories
>> but all with git-shell as their login shell, then the
>> git-shell-commands should not go in their home directory to begin
>> with, no?
>
> You can give one set of commands to some users while restricting
> others, no?

Yes, I assume one goal of the current design was to let you set up
multiple configurations by making multiple home directories.