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+#!/bin/sh
+
+PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
+NAME=git-daemon
+PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
+DESC="the git daemon"
+DAEMON=/usr/bin/git
+DAEMON_OPTS="daemon --base-path=/var/git/git/repositories --verbose --syslog --detach --pid-file=$PIDFILE --user=git --group=nogroup --export-all"
+
+test -x $DAEMON || exit 0
+
+[ -r /etc/default/git-daemon ] && . /etc/default/git-daemon
+
+. /lib/lsb/init-functions
+
+start_git() {
+  start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE \
+    --startas $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
+}
+
+stop_git() {
+  start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE
+  rm -f $PIDFILE
+}
+
+status_git() {
+  start-stop-daemon --stop --test --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE >/dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+  log_begin_msg "Starting $DESC"
+  start_git
+  log_end_msg 0
+  ;;
+  stop)
+  log_begin_msg "Stopping $DESC"
+  stop_git
+  log_end_msg 0
+  ;;
+  status)
+  log_begin_msg "Testing $DESC: "
+  if status_git
+  then
+    log_success_msg "Running"
+    exit 0
+  else
+    log_failure_msg "Not running"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  ;;
+  restart|force-reload)
+  log_begin_msg "Restarting $DESC"
+  stop_git
+  sleep 1
+  start_git
+  log_end_msg 0
+  ;;
+  *)
+  echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|force-reload|status}" >&2
+  exit 1
+  ;;
+esac
+
+exit 0