Gitosis won't create repository

Question

I'm testing my new Git repository. I converted from Subversion to Git, no problem.

Now, on my laptop

git remote add origin git@server:test.git

returns correctly. But when I do

git push

I get

error:gitosis.serve.main:repository read access denied

And when I go to /srv/git/repositories on the server, the new repository isn't created.

Is there a log file that I can look at somewhere to figure out what's going on?

Can you post your config file? – Chetan Aug 11 '11 at 19:57 — Chetan, Aug 11 '11 at 19:57

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 14 '11 at 15:43

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Repositories cannot be created with git push. You have to use git init --bare on the server for that.

edited Nov 14 '11 at 15:43

Peter Mortensen

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answered Aug 11 '11 at 21:01

knittl

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Why bare? Maybe he starts with code on the 'server'? (GIT doesn't really have servers though...) – Rudie Aug 11 '11 at 21:15
@rudie: most of the time it's a bad idea to push into a non-bare repository, as it will bring your working tree and index out of sync. if he wants to have a worktree on the server, he's better off using hooks to call `fetch`+`reset --hard` from another repository containing the worktree. – knittl Aug 11 '11 at 21:18

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 11 '11 at 20:43

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Carefully follow the "Setting Up" portion of the README. It describes access control. You'd be much better off using gitolite instead. It's easier to use and better-documented. Gitosis is pretty much dead.

answered Aug 11 '11 at 20:43

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 14 '11 at 15:44

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I went ahead and switched to Gitolite. After tracking down some SSH issues it worked fine. Gitolite generates the repositories on the server when you push it.

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answered Aug 12 '11 at 18:45

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