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HowTo git
- Git Online Help: https://help.github.com
- PRO GIT BOOK: https://progit.org
- Scott Chaco's (Pro git book) Introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDR433b0HJY
- SVN basic commands to Git commands (CERN): http://aliceinfo.cern.ch/Offline/node/2912/#Commands
- Git best practices (Rereira, CERN): http://cds.cern.ch/record/1644783
Troubleshooting
Bare Repo
Since git 1.7.0, if you like to create a server repo you have to use a so called "bare repo". This is a directory which contains NO worktree. For convention, you better name this director like "my_repo.git". The ".git" postfix should indicate this is a "bare repo".
On the server:
mkdir my_repo.git git init --bare my_repo.git git update-server-info
On the client
# point origin to the server URL git remote add origin user@server:/path/to/my_repo.git # OR, if the origin was somewhere else git remote set-url origin user@server:/path/to/my_repo.git
# push everything to the server git push origin master
You might also want to convert a given repo into a bare one:
- Convert a repo into a bare one: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2199897/how-to-convert-a-normal-git-repository-to-a-bare-one/2200662#2200662
Further reading:
- See Getting Git on a Server: http://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-on-the-Server-Getting-Git-on-a-Server#_git_on_the_server
- See What is a bare git repository?: www.saintsjd.com/2011/01/what-is-a-bare-git-repository/
HowTo gitolite
[UPDATE] --Apos (talk) 16:12, 4 November 2015 (CET)
Due to the fact I completely do not use the gui interfaces for git any more, I simple recommend using plain commandline git including secured ssh (string password, fail2ban, and / or rsa key usage ;-) On the server simply use a bare git repo. If someone really needs this for production usage or like within a company, you should get a commerial account with gitlab or any other service.
This article about gitolite therefore is not maintained any more.
There are different ways to install git, gitolite, and webacces (e.g. [[#GitlabHQ|gitlabhq])] on Debian oder Ubuntu.
In any case: be sure to read the complete (!) gitolite documentation before you proceed. This article is mainly for Debian squeeze (6.0) server.
Mainly this boils down to:
- should use gitolite anyway
- which username you like to use by default to access the server: git, gitolite, whatever
- which port to use for ssh
- create a public or private repo
- have http access via smarthttp or gitlabhq
- install it manually or the "debian way" (apt-get), however the latter will give you automatic security updates
References
- How-To: Install a private Debian git server using gitolite and GitLabHQ
- Gitolite installation with gitweb and anongit in Gentoo and Debian
GitlabHQ
Fast, secure and stable solution based on Ruby on Rails & Gitolite.
Gitolite
Gitolite is the new framework around git. Easy project and user rights management.
Everything well documented online:
Troubleshooting
User git
After an uninstallation the user git remains on the system.
I had some problems (re)creating a user on my debian system (squeeze). I reverted (uninstalled) a gitolite installation and deleted the user git with
userdel -rf git
After that I had to recreate a new user git with:
useradd -d /home/git -b /home/git -m -s /bin/bash git passwd git
If you not do this, there is not valid shell, the userdir in /home is not created and there is no password!
Gitosis
Is not activly maintained and developed any more. Use gitolite instead.
Troubleshooting
git pull fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/somewhere/': Failed to connect to github.com port 443: Connection timed out
Disable the firewall.
Edit the local git configuration:
git config --global --edit
Trace the problem:
GIT_TRACE=1 git pull
Possible solutions:
git config --global url."https://".insteadOf git:// git config --global --unset http.proxy export GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY=1 git config --global http.sslverify false
git config --global http.sslverify true git config --global http.sslCAPath /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/cacert.org
See: