Gitosis is software to manage a collection of Git repositories on a server accessible by SSH, without creating local accounts for the users. It has not been updated since 2009. Gitolite is an actively developed alternative with a richer feature set. Use this tag for help with Gitosis installation and usage.
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How to clone repository (using public key) from gitosis server by NetBeans
I just setup gitosis on my linux machine and everything went fine.
I can clone gitosis-admin, add new user by public key, add new repository, set permission for each user, user can clone repository from gitosis (in linux), also can push change to…
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How can I install gitosis on debian wheezy?
gitosis is replaced by gitolite in debian wheezy.
But the easiest way for to continue your work after an update would be to just install gitosis from source or a debian packet.
Is this possible on wheezy?
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Setting up Gitosis : push goes okay, but nothing really pushed on the server
I'm going to work on a project with a teammate, so we decided to set up a Git server.
We followed this tutorial : http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-on-the-Server-Gitosis
We created a gitrepo/ directory locally on my computer, and did a git init inside…
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Configuring gitosis to enable a user to create any repo?
How can I configure gitosis (via the gitosis.conf file) to enable a particular user to create, clone or modify any arbitrary repository? That includes repos that do not yet exist?
I know you can add a user to have write privelages to specific…
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Can't ssh to the host after installing gitosis
In the process, I issued gitosis-init
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Where does Gitosis store its files?
Firstly, I know about this post: Where does gitosis store the working copies?. But I'm consider to create this message to concrete the answer of that.
Where does gitosis store the working copies?
Can anybody, please, make some concrete?
Can I do…
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Can't work properly with Gitosis
I ask to help with a strange error during my work with Git.
I've installed Gitosis. Here's my config:
cat /root/gitosis-admin/gitosis.conf
[gitosis]
loglevel = DEBUG
[group gitosis-admin]
writable = gitosis-admin
members = admin
[group…
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Gitosis clone error: Unable to read config file. Permission denied
I tried to clone a gitosis repository and got the error:
ERROR:gitosis.app:Unable to read config file: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/sr
v/gitosis/.gitosis.conf'
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
The permission of gitosis.conf is set to…
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Tracking another git-repository
I try to set up a development environment "redmine", that should make it easy for multiple people to develop and maintain our own version of "redmine" including our own features and adjustments. I'm not that familiar with remote branches, but I…
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gitosis authorized keys
Strange thing - on git push gitosis does not adds key for new user to the /home/git/.ssh/authorized_keys. Of course - i can add keys manually, but its not good :(
What can i do?
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Backing up and restoring gitosis and other git repos
I am trying to backup gitosis and a repository to a backup tarball and then restore and test on a blank system to ensure that in case of complete server failure that I can get a new system running quickly.
I have the two directories using
git clone…
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Gitosis publickey permission denied
I have a gitosis server at work, and I also use github for personal projects, Im trying to use the same public and private ssh keys for both accounts, the only difference would be the username which in gitosis is md.mercado49 and in github is…
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Install Gitosis without creating a new user
I have an ssh account but do not have root access and hence cannot create a new user. Is it possible for me to install gitosis or gitolite on this account?
If not, is there any other git server that I can install without root access?
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My issue…
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viewgit permission issue on Ubuntu
I installed Gitosis and Viewgit on an Ubuntu Server. Git and Gitosis work just fine. Though when I try to open /viewgit interface in my browser I get an error:
viewgit/inc/functions.php:66…
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Auto creating repository from stub with gitosis
Using gitosis to configure repositories works quite well.
However, manually creating every repository is quite cumbersome, especially as it has to be done on command line. (git init, git remote add, git commit, git push)
As the majority of our…
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