Dependency-free smart HTTP Git server for local testing.

A standalone server that serves bare Git repositories over HTTP for git clone and git fetch, without requiring the git binary at runtime. Built with gitoxide for native Git operations and Axum / Tokio for asynchronous HTTP.

• Single binary, no git required -- all Git operations are handled natively, no runtime dependencies
• Multi-repository -- serves all bare repos under a root directory with configurable scan depth
• JSON API -- repository listing endpoint for programmatic discovery
• Structured logging -- text or JSON log output via tracing

cargo install --path crates/git-server

# Serve all bare repos under ./repos
git-server ./repos

# Clone from the server
git clone http://127.0.0.1:3000/my-project.git

git-server [OPTIONS] <ROOT>

Arguments:
  <ROOT>  Root directory containing bare Git repositories

Options:
  -b, --bind <ADDR>              Bind address [default: 127.0.0.1]
  -p, --port <PORT>              Port number [default: 3000]
  -l, --log-level <LEVEL>        Log level [default: info]
      --log-format <FORMAT>      Log format: text or json [default: text]
  -w, --workers <N>              Number of Tokio worker threads
      --max-depth <N>            Max directory depth for repo discovery [default: 3]

Repository listing response:

[
  {
    "name": "my-project.git",
    "relative_path": "my-project.git",
    "absolute_path": "/srv/repos/my-project.git",
    "description": "My project"
  }
]

The project is organized as a Cargo workspace with three crates:

• git-server-core -- Git protocol operations (ref advertisement, pack generation), repository discovery, path security
• git-server-http -- Axum HTTP routing, handlers, error responses
• git-server -- CLI binary, tracing setup, server assembly

git clone https://github.com/ggueret/git-server.git
cd git-server
cargo build --release

The binary is at target/release/git-server.

cargo test --workspace

The test suite includes unit tests, integration tests (git clone/git fetch against a running server), and load tests (concurrent clones).