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.
Questions tagged [gitosis]
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git bash: git@server: command not found
I've got gitosis installed on my own private Ubuntu server. It seems to be working great locally, however whenever I try to run a command from a different machine that talks to the server, I'm getting a "command not found" error.
For example, this…

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How do I add a branch to my repository that is in gitosis
I have successfully setup gitosis on my machine and I have my project safely on the gitosis server. It currently has no branches (just master). How do I add a branch to it? (I am not talking about the config of it, I can figure that out, but…

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Where does gitosis store the working copies?
i wonder where gitosis stores the working copies of my repositories. I can see the filetree with the gitweb interface but cant find any working copy in /srv/gitosis/repositories/testrepo. Iam also able to push and clone to the repo.
But how can i…

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How to move local Git repository (with history) to be managed by Gitosis on remote server?
I'm switching from SVN to Git with Gitosis installed on a central server for centralized repositories on Ubuntu server.
I have had all my SVN repositories moved and initiated into new Git repositories, and also had all history moved to Git.
Now that…

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Trouble connecting to gitosis server
I followed this guide to setup git and gitosos: http://scie.nti.st/2007/11/14/hosting-git-repositories-the-easy-and-secure-way. I'm stuck at this part: git clone git@YOUR_SERVER_HOSTNAME:gitosis-admin.git
I'm using Git Extensions with putty and my…

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Clone remote git repository problem
I am trying to get a git repository up and running and installed git and gitosis on my remote ubuntu 8.04 server. I also have git running on my local ubuntu 10.04 machine.
After alot of trying to get it all to work I managed to get the ssh keys to…

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Gitosis local filesystem clone
I set up gitosis on a server. Cloning and pushing from my laptop works fine. However, I want to make a local clone on the server using my user (not the git user). Gitosis seems to manage the file permissions by itself, making all repos unreadable by…

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Git: ignoring everything except directories
I have read this manual:
http://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore
As I am working with gitosis, I rather use a .gitignore than explicit git commands.
Thus says the manual:
Of course, not tracking files with git
is just a matter of not calling git
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Gitosis post-update wont run
Im running cygwin on a windows vista pc. Ive successfully installed sshd, configured, and built gitosis.
I can remotely git clone the gitosis-admin.git repository, made a change to the config, committed and pushed back to cygwin machine…

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Group multiples GIT repositories in gitosis
How is possible to group multiple GIT repositories under some path in Gitosis?
For example Qt5 in gitorious already has same structure (git@gitorious.org:qt/qt5.git) where qt/ is path for grouping.
Is it possible to make following structure in…

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Error Installing Gitosis on Fedora Core
I'm trying to follow these instructions on installing gitosis:
http://scie.nti.st/2007/11/14/hosting-git-repositories-the-easy-and-secure-way
and these:
http://www.webtop.com.au/installing-git-and-gitosis-on-fedora-10
And at the point where I need…

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Hudson git doesn't merge into master
I'm having problems getting hudson to checkout my git repo and merge into master. I'm fairly inexperienced with Git so the terminology (refs etc...) is still all new to me. I've included the output from the Hudson console below:
What I think is…

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accessing local git repository from windows
I have git repository (powered by gitosis) on my local ubuntu server
I want to have an access from the other local computer powered by windows xp (msysgit)
I have generated rsa key on windows machine and published to ubuntu server
I have .ssh/config…

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How to see the last commit in my Gitosis server and date of that
I want to see the last activity on my Gitosis server, because we have a new service (Gitorious) and we think that Gitosis has been forgotten by the users.
I can use this to see the numbers of commits:
cd /path/to/repos/ && ls | xargs -I % git…

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GIT, GITOSIS, WEBSITE - Paths
I have an Ubuntu server and have installed git and gitosis.
I am new to server administration and have the following gitosis folder tree: /home/git/repositories
I have edited the user's rights to different repositories by cloning gitosis-admin.git…

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