# Supercharged git-daemon

DevFeed: [Supercharged git-daemon](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/supercharged-git-daemon-71273.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://github.blog/news-insights/the-library/supercharged-git-daemon/>)

Author: Tom Preston-Werner

Published: 2008-07-14T12:51:17Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [GitHub Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/github-engineering.md>)

Topics: [Git](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/git.md>), [Erlang](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/erlang.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

Tags: [erlang](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/erlang.md>), [git](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/git.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [news-insights](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news-insights.md>), [the-library](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/the-library.md>)

## AI overview

GitHub describes egitd, an Erlang replacement for git-daemon that serves anonymous repository clones. It provides more flexible repository-to-disk mapping, clone logging, and clearer error responses, including guidance that users cannot push to the public clone address.

## Source excerpt

Over the past several weeks I've been working on a secret Erlang project that will allow us to grow GitHub in new and novel ways. The project is called egitd...