Re: [jetty-users] How to use Jetty as a Git server with the Smart HTTP p

[Simone Bordet <sbordet@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

On Sun, Jul 12, 2026 at 4:50 PM Julien via jetty-users
<jetty-users@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> scriptPattern in FastCGIProxyHandler expects a regular expression, but how can I pass the constant value "/usr/lib/git-core/git-http-backend" for SCRIPT_FILENAME?

SCRIPT_FILENAME is built from `root + path`, so likely:

* root = /usr/lib/git-core
* path = /git-http-backend
* scriptPattern = (.*)

The pattern will match the entirety of the request path
("/git-http-backend"), and you should be good.

> How to set FastCGI parameters in FastCGIProxyHandler?

Override FastCGIProxyHandler.customizeFastCGIHeaders().

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