Gitolite

Summary

Hosting Git Repositories Gitolite allows you to setup git hosting on a central server, with fine-grained access control and many more powerful features. install/setup If you're installing via your package manager, make sure you get the right one; it's often called gitolite3. Source code is at https://codeberg.org/sitaramc/gitolite. Note Wherever the documentation mentions the above URL, you can also use the alternative URL https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite. If that ever changes this section will be updated. If your Unix-fu and ssh-fu are good, take a look at the quick install page. Otherwise follow the documentation flow (using the "next"/"previous" buttons at the bottom of each page), skipping whatever you think you don't need. documentation (April 2014): There's a book on gitolite out. I've received some emails over the years asking where to donate for gitolite to show your appreciation, and I've always refused politely. Well, if you insist... buy the book :-) In general, the sections (see links in the navigation bar at the top) should be fairly self-explanatory, and reading through the documentation as it flows (i.e., using the "Next" link at the top right of each page) should work fine. There are some forward references here and there, but you can ignore those links on a first pass. In addition: There's a fool proof setup guide with detailed help showing one fool-proof way to install, as long as you follow instructions faithfully! Once you've installed and setup, there's the cookbook with recipes for common tasks. TROUBLESHOOTING The emergencies page helps with all sorts of install/setup issues, recovering from lost keys and other self-inflicted wounds, lists some common (and some uncommon!) errors and non-standard configs that may trip you up. security issues If you think you found a possible security issue, please email me (sitaramc@gmail.com) directly. mailing list(s) For all other communications, please use the mailing list. This has some advantages over ...