Git: repo for multiple users on a server

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I created a Git repo on a server and want it to be used by several people, i.e. users which belong to the same Unix group. It also has a working copy because it may be useful for us to have a common working copy.

Thus I set the owning group of that Git repo directory to that Unix group.

The problem is, every time someone is pushing to that repository, the new files/directories have the owner set to the username of that user and his group but not our common group. Also, all those new files/directories become rwxr-xr-x.

I tried git config core.sharedRepository group but that doesn't really work. It now makes files/directories as rwxrwsr-x but is has still the wrong group set.

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 02 '10 at 13:45

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Ok, figured it out.

The first important thing (which I did already) was:

git config core.sharedRepository group

The second one was this:

chmod g+s -R .

answered Dec 02 '10 at 13:45

Albert

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if you add more repos, you'll have to repeat this. – Adam Dymitruk Dec 02 '10 at 21:21
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`git init --shared=group` does this for you, including on an existing repo. – Tobu Dec 04 '10 at 18:07

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 02 '10 at 21:19

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I would highly recommend you use gitolite for any rights management within an organization and git. This has made management of the repos so much easier.

answered Dec 02 '10 at 21:19

Adam Dymitruk

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